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STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

CONCERNING  SELECTIVE  SERVICE  LAW 


Sacramento,  California,  August  9,  1918 


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Circular  Letter  No.  342. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  2,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:'  Error  in  Print  of  Key  List. 
The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the  Pro- 
vost Marshal   General  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  1,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  eighteen  sixteen.  Inform  all  Local  Boards 
that  there  is  a  misprint  in  the  Key  List  of  Occupations 
that  goes  with  the  new  Questionnaire,  namely,  in  lines 
four  and  nine  of  the  directions  at  the  top  of  the  page  of 
the  Key  List,  the  figure  three  should  be  five.  Instruct  all 
Local  Boards  to  see  that  registrants  enter  their  answer 
correctly  in  Question  5  of  the  Questionnaire.  Also  in- 
struct all  Local  Boards  without  fail  to  see  that  every  reg- 
istrant receives  a  copy  of  the  List  of  Occupations  for  use 
in  filling  out  the  answer  to  Question  5. 

Crow^der. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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Circular  Letter  No.  343. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

8ACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  3,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Physical  Examination  1918  Registrants. 
The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the  Pro- 
vost Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  2,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  E  seventeen  twenty-six.  1.  In  accordance  with 
Section  122,  Selective  Service  Regulations  as  amended  by 
the  standards  of  physical  examination  Form  75,  direct 
Local  Boards  that  immediately  upon  mailing  notice  of 
Final  Classification  to  registrants  of  the  second  registra- 
tion who  have  been  finally  classified  in  Class  1,  notices  to 
appear  for  physical  examination  shall  be  sent  to  all  such 
registrants  and  Local  Boards  shall  proceed  to  physical 
examination  without  delay  and  continue  to  examine  all 
such  registrants  as  soon  as  they  have  finally  been  placed 
in  Class  1  until  all  registrants  of  the  second  registration 
in  Class  1  have  been  physically  examined. 

2.  Direct  attention  of  Local  Boards  to  Section  9  to  15 
of  Rules  and  Regulations  Form  74  which  prescribe  method 
and  manner  of  determining  Order  Numbers  of  registra- 
tion cards  of  second  registration  received  after  June  18th. 
These  Sections  should  be  literally  observed,  and  any  reg- 
istration numbers  erroneously  assigned  to  cards  received 
after  June  18th  should  have  an  ink  line  drawn  through 
them,  but  not  erased,  and  correct  numbers  assigned  there- 
'i        to  as  prescribed  in  said  Sections. 


—  3  — 

3.  Reference  my  Telegram  B  twelve  thirty-six.  Advise 
this  office  at  once  the  approximate  number  to  be  added  to 
Class  1  from  the  rectification  of  classification  for  your 
State. 

4.  The  classification  and  physical  examination  of  Class 
1  men  should  be  given  immediate  attention.  Local,  Dis- 
trict and  Medical  Advisory  Boards  should  be  directed  to 
have  Class  1  available  for  August  Calls. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  344. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  8,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:   Voluntary  Inductions  for  Special  Call. 
Confirming  telephone  message  July  2nd  the  following  tele- 
gram  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  1,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  E  seventeen  twenty.  The  Engineer  Corps  is  in 
need  of  certain  skilled  men.  Only  white  men  qualified  for 
General  military  service  may  be  accepted  under  this  call. 
No  man  who  is  needed  to  fill  the  July  Calls  already  an- 
nounced should  be  allowed  to  volunteer  for  this  service. 


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—  4  — 

Volunteers  may  be  accepted  from  the  Nineteen  Eighteen 
Class  provided  the  registrant  waives  all  time  limits  for 
classification  and  examination. 

2.  The  following  types  of  men  are  desired:  Auto  re- 
pairmen, Axemen,  Blacksmiths,  Boatmen,  Bridge  Carpen- 
ters, Cabinet  Makers,  Caulkers,  Concrete  Foremen,  Con- 
crete Workers,  Construction  Foremen,  Cooks,  Draftsmen, 
Electricians,  Gas  Enginemen,  Stationary  Enginemen,  Far- 
riers, Horseshoers,  Lithographers,  Machinists,  Buglers, 
Photographers,  Plumbers,  Powdermen,  Quarrymen,  Rig- 
gers, Saddlers,  Shoemakers,  Surveyors,  Tailors,  Team- 
sters, Telephone  operators,  Timbermen,  and  Topographers. 

3.  Please  give  the  widest  publicity  to  this  matter  using 
the  ''Nation's  Want  Column"  method  and  urging  quali- 
fied registrants  to  present  themselves  to  their  Local 
Boards  for  listing.  If  a  sufficient  number  of  Volunteers 
are  not  secured.  Involuntary  Induction  will  be  used. 

4.  On  July  16th  wire  this  office  the  number  of  qualified 
men  listed  in  each  of  the  above  occupations  which  Ave  ma\' 
expect.  Upon  receipt  of  this  information  we  will  maki 
definite  allotments  and  complete  mobilization  details. 
Local  Boards  must  understand  thoroughly  that  these  reg- 
istrants are  not.  now  to  be  inducted  until  orders  are  re- 
ceived as  to  allotments  and  that  no  men  needed  to  fill  th'' 
July  Calls  already  announced  shall  be  permitted  to  voluii 
teer.  VOLUNTEERS  for  this  service  shall  not  b- 
released  to  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  or  to  withdraw 
their  application  prior  to  August  1st. 

Crowder. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.   lk)RREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  5  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  345. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  8,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Forms  1029  A-I3. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  publivshecl  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  3,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  E  seventeen  thirty-two.  Many  forms  1029  A-B 
are  being  received  in  this  office  without  the  Order  Num- 
ber^  Serial  Number  and  Name  of  registrants.  Instruct 
Local  Boards  to  comply  strictly  with  instructions  in  Form 
61. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  oe  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  346. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July    8,    l!»ls. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:    Enlistment  of  AcRicuiiTURisTS  Whose  Entrain- 
MENT  IS  Deferred. 

The  following  telegram  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  3,  1918. 

Adjutant  General,  . 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  E  seventeen  forty-two.  Immediately  transmit 
the  following  instructions  to  Local  Boards.  In  case  a 
registrant's  number  has  been  passed  over  because  of  en- 
gagement in  Agriculture  under  telegram  B  eighty,  Local 
Boards  may  not  ivssue  permits  releasing  such  registrants 
to  the  Emergency  Fleet,  Merchant  ^Marine,  Navy  or  Ma- 
rine Corps. 

Crowder. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  7  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  347. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

H-21  July  8,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:   Report  of  Delinquents. 

1.  You  will  upon  receipt  of  this  letter  immediately  report 
to  this  Office : 

The  luimber  of  registrants  to  whom  Form  1014  has  been 
issued  and  who  have  been  inducted  into  service  for  delinciueney 
but  who  have  not  been  reported  to  the  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army  on  Form  1018  for  desertion,  (this  allows  for  the  five 
day  interim  for  which  Section  136,  S.  S.  R.  provides). 

The  promjjt  and  early  report  of  the  above  is  earnestly  solic- 
ited. Time,  effort  and  worry  will  be  obviated  by  sending  this 
information  at  once. 

Your  reply  should  be  in  the  following  form,  without  addi- 
tion, subtraction  or  explanation.  If  you  are  not  able  to  give 
an  exact  answer  give  as  good  a  one  as  you  can  but  follow  the 
following  form: 

''The  number  of  Form  1014  delinquents  inducted  into  ser- 
vice for  delinquency  and  not  reported  on  Form  1018  for  deser- 
tion is 

Local  Board  No " 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  348. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  9,  191 S. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:   Work  or  Fight. 
The  following  telegrams  received  from  the  office  ui'  the  Pro- 
vost Marshal  General  are  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  5,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  eighteen  sixty.  Re  Tel  Four  Seventy-eight. 
Barbers,  Real  Estate  Operators  and  Clerks,  Insurance 
Solicitors  and  Agents,  Brokers  and  Clerks,  are  excepted 
from  the  operation  of  the  Regulations. 

Crowder. 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  5,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  eighteen  eighty-five.  Subdivision  C  of  Sec- 
tion 121K,  Selective  Service  Regulations,  is  hereby 
amended  as  follows : 

*' Persons,  including  ushers  and  other  attendants,  en- 
gaged and  occupied  in  and  in  connection  with  games, 
sports  and  annisemeiits,  excepting  owners  and  managers, 
actual  performers  including  musicians,  in  legitimate  con- 
certs, oi)eras,  motion  pictures,  or  theatrical  performances 
and  the  skilled  persons  who  are  necessary  to  such  ])r()(luc- 
tions,  performances  or  presentations." 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  9  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  349. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  9,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :   Charges  on  Typewriters. 
The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the  Pro- 
vost Marshal   General   is  published   for  the   information   and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  5,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  C  two  forty-six.  Instruct  all  Local  Boards 
not  to  pay  expense  charges  on  typewriters  being  de- 
livered, orders  from  this  office.  By  agreement  with  type- 
writers com]>anie.s  these  charges  to  he  prei)ai(l. 

Crowdkr. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  10  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  351. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  !).   litis. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:    Passport  Permit^. 
The  following  telegram  received  from  the  office  of  the  Pro- 
v(  si   xMarshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and 

^uitlhuce  of  all  concerned: 

A¥ashington,  D.  C,  July  6,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  eighteen  ninety-four.  Reference  Sections 
155  and  One-half  and  One  Fifty  Six,  Selective  Service 
Regulations. 

This  office  has  been  informed  that  officials  of  Recruit- 
ing Service  United  States  Shipping  15oard  are  having 
difficulty  in  obtaining  prompt  attention  from  Local 
Boards  to  requests  for  permits  for  Passports  for  regis- 
trants on  Emergency  Fleet  List.  It  is  necessary  to  ensure 
immediate  issuance  of  permits  to  registrants  on  Emer- 
gency Fleet  List  under  Section  155 J  and  156  upon  request 
contained  in  Form  1024  P.  M.  G.  O.  made  by  proper 
officials  of  Recruiting  Service  of  United  States  Shipping 
Board  in  order  that  vital  process  of  transi)orting  troops 
may  not  be  delayed. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  op  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  11  — 

Circular  Letter  No.  352. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  9,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:        Draft  Executives  in  all  States. 

Subject  :   Fire-proof  Protection  for  Records. 

1.  A  Local  Board  in  a  western  state  has  had  every  record 
destroyed  by  fire.  This  Board  did  not  obey  the  requests 
of  this  department  to  properly  protect  the  Classification 
Sheet.  This  will  cause  the  Government  a  great  deal  of 
delay  in  that  district. 

2.  It  is  earnestly  desired  that  in  your  next  bulletin  to 
Local  Board  you  recite  sufficient  of  this  letter  to  insist 
upon  protection  from  fire  of  the  records  of  Boards. 

E.  II.  Crowder, 

Provost   Marshal   General. 

By  IT.   C.   Kramer, 
Major,  U.  S.  N.  G., 
Adjutant   General. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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—  1:^  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  353. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  ■  July  10.   ]:il^ 

I'n  (ill  Local  Boards: 

Subject:    Delinquents. 

Many  Local  Boards  have  misunderstood  the  meaning  of  Cir- 
cular Letter  No.  340.  In  connection  with  this  letter,  the  Local 
Boards  should  act  as  follows : 

1.  Immediately  forward  to  this  office  Forms  1013  for 
all  delinquents  not  yet  reported? 

2.  If  you  cannot  do  this,  immediately  telegraph  this 
office  stating  the  number  of  delinquents  yet  to  be  reported 
and  when  Form  1013  may  be  expected. 

3.  As  soon  as  the  1918  registrants  fail  to  return  ques- 
tionnaires or  who  fail  to  appear  for  physical  examination 
become  delinquent,  report  them  on  Form  1013. 


By    DUiECTION    OF    THE    GOVERNOR. 


J.  J.  Bokree, 
.Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


-^  18  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  354. 

STATE    OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  10,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:  Enlistment  of  Instructors  in  Engineering. 

The  following  telegram  from  the  office  of  the  Provost 
.Marshal  General  is  publish(Hl  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  8,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramen  to,  Calif  or  n  ia. 

Number  B  fifteen  forty.  Notify  all  Local  Boards  of 
following  amendments  to  Section  151,  Selective  Service 
Regulations.  A  Subparagraph  is  added  to  Paragraph 
"D"  as  follows: 

''Under  such  regulations  as  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
may  prescribe,  teachers  who  are  engaged  primarily  in 
the  training  of  man  on  ground  work  for  Aviation  in 
Engineering  Schools  which  are  giving  courses  for  the 
Mechanical  Training  of  soldiers,  may.  upon  nomination 
by  the  school  authorities,  enlist  in  the  enlisted 
Reserve  Corps  of  the  Engineering  Department,  and 
thereafter,  upon  presentation  by  a  registrant  so  enlist- 
ing to  his  Local  Board  for  a  certificate  of  such  enlist- 
ment, the  certificate  .shall  be  filed  with  the  questionnaire 
of  the  registrant,  and  the  registrant  shall  be  placed  in 
Class  5  on  the  ground  that  he  is  in  the  military  service 
of  the  United  States." 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Covernor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


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Circular  Letter  No.  355. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  10,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Industrial  Key  Numbers. 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of   the    Provost 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C.  July  9,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

»  Number  E  seventeen  sixty-five.     Attention  of  all  Local 

Boards  is  directed  to  the  importance  of  insuring  that  new 
registrants  in  filing  questionnaires  enter  the  key  number 
of  their  occupations  in  answer  5,  Series  1,  Page  4  of  the 
questionnaire.  This  key  number  device  serves  to  dis- 
pense hereafter  with  all  transcribing  of  Occupational 
Cards.  Boards  are  hereby  notified  that  no  cards  are  to  ])(> 
transcribed  for  the  new  registrants.  The  cards  were 
necessitated  by  the  absence  of  the  key  number  system  on 
a  sufficient  scale  in  the  former  questionnaire.  Boards  are 
also  directed,  upon  the  receipt  of  each  questionnaire  and 
at  the  time  of  filling  out  column  6  of  the  classification 
list  to  enter  in  red  ink  in  column  29  of  the  cla.ssification 
list  the  key  number  given  by  the  registrant  in  answer  5, 
Page  4  of  the  questionnaire.  At  some  later  time,  after 
all  quastionnaires  have  been  filed  the  Board  will  be  called 
upon  to  make  a  return  to  the  Provost  Marshal  General  of 
the  Occupational  Yi^ay  Numbers  of  each  registrant  as  thus 
shown  on  tlie  Classification  List.  Tliis  simple  system  will 
take  the  place  of  the  former  method  of  transcription  of 
Occupational  Cards.     Boards  are  urged  to  observe  care- 


—  15  — 

fully  the   foregoing  directions,   so  that  the  new  method 
may  be  relia])le  and  effective. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  356. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  July  11,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Individual  Induction  1918  Registrants. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  Provost  Marshal  General 
refers  to  the  1st  Paragraph  of  Telegram  quoted  in  Circular 
Letter  No.  320  from  this  office. 

Washington,  D.  C.  July  10,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

B  nineteen  seventy-five.  Number  E  seventeen  sixty- 
four.  The  first  Paragraph  of  my  telegram  B  fourteen 
nineteen  is  hereby  cancelled.  Effective  at  once  the  Indi- 
vidual Induction  of  registrants  of  the  June  5th,  1918, 
class  will  be  permitted. 

Crowder. 

The  cancellation  of  this  paragraph  is  not  to  be  taken  as  the 
cancellation  of  permission  for  1918  registrants  to  receive  per- 
mits to  enlist  in  the  Navy.     Their  status  is  now  the  same  as 


—  16  — 

that  of  1!)17  I'c.u'istnnits  except  tliat  they  i»ia\  not  ])e  inducted 
on  Ueneral  Calls,  that  is,  they  may  enlist  in  tiie  \;iv\  <ii  l.e 
inducted  throuf^h  Individual  Induction. 

By  direction  of  the  (jJovernor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
Tlie  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  357. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  July  11,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject  :  Employment  Agencies. 
1.  The  following  officers  have  been  designated  to  aid  all 
men  in  obtaining  employment.  The  lists  are  })ublished  for  the 
information  and  so  that  you  may  advise  registrants  coming 
under  tlie  Work  or  Fight  Order  as  to  the  nearest  employment 
bureau. 

r.   S.  KAIPLOVMKXT  SERVICE 
Ofiicos  in  California 
(Jitp  Address  O/ficrr   in    charge 

San  Francisco       Ilcadiiuartors     for     this     District,       W.   T.   Royco,   Di.s- 

.S<M;   Claus    Sprcckols   Rld.ir.  trict  Supt. 

San  Francisco       Men    and    Roy's   Division,    Rm.    2      D.  J.  Griffiths 

Ai)praisor's   Rldg. 
Ix)s  Angeles  I'ost  Office  Rldj?.  Eniil   J.   Bornatclx 

Los  Angeles  .Men     and     Women's     Commercial       \V.  L.  Clark.  Supt. 

Division,  2U7  S.  Rroadway 


17 


Tx)S   AHfjeles 

Oakland 
Sacramento 
San  Diego 

San  Jose 
Stockton 
Modesto 
Bakerstield 
Santa  Bai-bara 
Santa  Rosa 


Men's      Industrial      l>i\isi«)ii. 

Franklin   SI. 
4(11    Tenth    Shvct 
01 T)    Second    Slieet 
Men       and       Women's.     I)i\- 

I'ost    Olficc    Illdu-.     , 
17(1    So.    Market    SUvct 
200  So.    San  Joa(|uin    Slr.'et 
804   Ninth    Street 
Post  Office  Rldg. 
Post  Office   Bids-. 
(\nirt    I  louse    I'.ldsr. 


:()(j 


\V.    L.   CI: 


Sui»t, 


Frank  N.  Dodd 
Lester  INI.  Young* 
Uoy  1).  Lindsey 

Tlionias  Graham 
Walter  S.  Clough 
(J to.  T.  McCabe 
ir.  F.  Harris 
^Viii.   F.   Marquette 
J.  P.  McConnell 


Seasonal 


Ilayward J.   D.    Armstrong 

Fvoyalton A.    I.    Medearis 

Newcastle F.   II.   Howell 

Placerville Nellie    Sturges 

San  Bernardino F.  L.  DeWolf 

Ilanford Mrs.  Grace  Davidson 

Santa  Ana Fred   Rafferty 

Hemet O.   B.   Waite 

Ilollister IT.    IT.    Whitmoj*e 

Antioch J.   P.   Taylor 

Merced J.   N.   McKinnon 

Salinas Wm.    Ilandley 

I*orterville L.   W.  Laumeister 

Watsonville A.    L.    Briggs 

Willows R.  N.  Fenton 

Fureka J.  A.   Urquhart 

Napa IT.    C.    Johnson 

Tehama W.    D.    McCune 

Golusa F.    B.    Pryor 

Red   BlufF IT.   P.   Hatfield 


Harry   M.   Lutgens 
V.  Younie 


SebastopoL 

Susanville W 

Oxnard C.    J.    Flliott 

:\Iadera D.    R.    Ilanhart 

Winters W.    P.    Womack 

Grass  Valley Geta   I.  Hore 

Santa  Maria M.  M.  Purkiss 

Bieber T.    J.    Dunlap 

King   City W.    (\   Hamilton 

Anderson Wm.    Ri'?e 

San  Luis  Obispo J.  II.  Hollisrer 

Gedarville W.   L.   Tiirn<r 

Fl    Gentro M.    L.    Wnru" 

Ghico G.  A.  Fayl)!- 

Yreka 1 S.    II.    WiHiams 

GrescenI    (^iiy Bertha   S.  Ghiids 

Alturas J.    W.    Ginniuln-s 

Marysville T.    O.    Jones 

Redding Lee   IIalst(^ad 

Visalin Jara"s  T.  I>')yer 


—  18  — 


2.  Ajj^onts  designated  by  U.  S.  Public  Service  Reserve  to 
fo-opemte  with  employment  service  in  plaein*,'  men  in  pro- 
ductive activities: 

Counties  Name  Address 

Alamoda  1.  Enj^cne  Bowles,  Asst.   Sec, 

C'hamber  of  Oommerce Oakland 

2.  J.    D.    Armstrong Hayward 

3.  R.  S.  Hawley Emeryville 

Alpine  1.  W.    A.    Thornberg Markleeville 

Amador  1.  W.    K.    MeFarland Jackson 

Rutte  1.  Frank    Durkee Chico 

Calaveras  ].  D.   Foicot Angels   Camp 

Colusa  1.  Arthur  J.   Fouch Maxwell 

Contra   Cds'a  1.  11.   K.   Veale Martinez 

2, 

Del  Norie  ].  E.    E.   Hersch Crescent   City 

Kl  Dorado  1.  B.   J.   Jones — . Placerville 

Fresno  1.  H.    Thorwaldsen Fresno 

2. 

Clenn  1.  Claude    S.    Purkitt Willows 

Humboldt  1.  Scott   C.    Ashmore Eureka 

Imperial  1.  1).  C.  Bitler El  Centro 

Inyo  1.  W.  P.  Yaney Bishop 

Kern  1.  J.   W.  Tatum Bakersfield 

2.  E.   Ballagh Maricopa 

Kings  1.  Wallace    Sullivan Hanford 

Lake  1.  Lyon    Eraser I^kejwrt 

Lassen  1.  W.  S.  Harrison Susanville 

Los  Angeles  1.  W.   S.   Brayton Long  Beach 

2.  T.   R.   Potter Pomona 

3.  Frank  J.  Townsend Santa  Monica 

4.  S.  V.  Cullen Redondo  Beach 

5.  W.  H.  Boss Huntington  Park 

0.  Alvin   E.    Johnson Alhambra 

7.  J.  C.   Scherer Glendale 

8. 

Madera  1.  David    R.    Ilanhart ^^ MadtMa 

Marin  1.  Robt.  E.  Graham San  Rafael 

Mariposa  1.  L.  G.  Thistle Mariposa 

Mendocino  1.  T.    M'Cleland Ukiah 

Merced  1.  J.   B.   Olcese Merced 

Modoc  3.  O.    D.    Morgan Alturas 

Mono  1.  H.  B.  Patterson Bridgeport 

Monterey  1.  A.  E.  Warth Salinas 


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Napa 

Nevada 

Orange 

Placer 
Plumas 
Riverside 
Sacramento 
San  Benito 
San  Bernardino 


San  Diego 
San  Joaquin 
San  Luis  Obispo 
San  Mateo 
Santa  Clara 
Santa  Cruz 
Santa  Barbara 
Shasta 
Sierra 
Siskiyou 
Solano 
Sonoma 

Stanislaus 

Sutter 

Tehama 

Trinity 

Tulare 

Tuolumne 
Ventura 
Yolo 
Yuba 


Berkeley 

Fresno 
Oakland 


1.  11.  J.  Baade Napa 

1.  E.  G,  Kinyon -Grass  Valley 

1.  James  C.  Metzgar I Santa  Ana 

2.  Wm.    French Fulloi*ton 

1. 

1.  L.   A.   Braden Quincy 

1.  A.   B.   Pilch Riverside 

1,  Jno.   T.    Blair Sacramento 

1.  E.   E.   Holbrook Hollister 

1.  W.   11.   Reed San  Bernardino 

2.  C.   P.    Hook Redlands 

3.  T.   C.   Carter Barstow 

1.  John  E.  Boal,   Southern  Title  Bldg San  Diego 

1.  E.   P.   Foltz,   Dist.   Atty Stockton 

1.  F.J.  Rodriquez San  Luis  Obispo 

L  Franklin   Swart Redwood  City 

L  Henry  A.  Pfister San  Jose 

1.  H.  H.  Miller Santa  Cruz 

1.  E.  E.  Weyborn : Santa  Barbara 

L  M.  D.  Lack Redding 

1.  W.    E.    Miller Sierraville 

1.  W.   L.   Kleaver Yreka 

1.  J.  M.  Munro . Vallejo 

1.  John    S.    Saunders Sebastopol 

2.  W.  C.  Grant Santa  Rosa 

1.  W.   T.   McCabe , Modesto 

1.  D.  D.  Green Yuba  City 

1.  E.  F.  Lennon Red  Blufle 

1.  C.    A.    Chamberlain-^ Weaverville 

1.  J.  E.  Cuddebach Visalia 

2.  J.    F.    Kirkman Exeter 

1.  R.   W.  Ayres ^ Sonora 

1.  Don    G.   Bowker Ventura 

1.  R.    G.   Lawson Woodland 

1.  Phil  J.  Divver,  City  Clerk Marysville 

CITY  DIVISIONS. 

1.  A.  G.  Briggs,  City  Clerk Berkeley 

2. 

1.  Henry  Hawson,  Griffith  McKenzie  Bldg Fresno 

1.  George  E.  Gross,  County  Clerk Oakland 

(For  No.  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  G  and  7.) 


4-4063S 


—  20  — 

Pasadena  1  nnd  2.  Ileman  Dyer,  City  Clerk Pasaden 

Sacramento  I  and  2.  John  S.  Blair,  ITorum  Bldg Sacramento 

San  Dioffo  1.  J.  K.  ^FcTx^'s,  County  Clerk San  Diego 

2.  A.  E.  Peck,  Box  118 San  Dice 

San  Jose  1.  Henry  A.  PHster,  (>ounty  Clerk San  Jo- 

Stockton  1.  ('has.  C.  Itobbins,  (Ui7  E,  Sonora Stockton 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  358. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  11,  1918. 

l.\)  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Induction  op  Declarants. 

NiiiTi])or  B  nineteen  seventy-one.  l^y  reeent  act  of  Congress 
citizens  or  subjects  of  countries  neutral  in  the  present  Wai- 
who  have  declared  their  intentions  to  become  citizens  of  tin 
United  States  are  relieved  from  liability  to  military  servic« 
on  certain  conditions  in  accordance  with  the  Regulations  pre- 
scribed by  the  President. 

Pending  receipt  of  these  Regulations  instruct  all  Local 
Boards  that  they  shall  not  involuntarily  induct  any  registrant 
who  is  a  subject  of  a  country  neutral  in  the  present  war  and 
who  has  declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States   l)ut   wlm   has   not   completed   his   final   naturalization. 


—  21  — 

Declarant  registrants  of  the  following  conntries  do  not  come 
within  the  terms  of  this  tolc^gram: 

Belgium  Greece 


Brazil 

Guatemala 

Bulgaria 

Italy 

China 

Japan 

Costa  Rica 

Liberia 

Cuba 

Monaco 

France 

Monte  Negro 

Great  Britaili 

Nicaragua 

Panama 

Portugal 

Roumania 

Russia 

San  Marino 

Servia 

Siam 

Turkey 

Subjects  of  Austria, 

Hun  gar  ia 

and  Germany  should  be  still 

classified  as  alien  enemies. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 

Circular  Letter  No.  359. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  11,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:    AmeriCxVn-Britisii-Canadian  Convention. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  10,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

.  Number  B  nineteen  seventy-four.     The  Senate  of  the 
United   States   recently   ratified   conventions   with   Great 


—  22  — 

Britain  and  Canada  relating  to  the  military  service  of 
citizens  of  the  United  States  in  Great  Britain  or  Canada 
and  of  British  and  Canadian  Subjects  in  the  United 
States.  Copies  of  thesis  conventions  have  been  forwarded 
to  State  Headquarters  for  distribution. 

It  should  be  especially  borne  in  mind  that  this  is  not  a 
draft  by  Great  Britain  of  British  Subjects  and  Canadians 
in  the  United  States.  These  conventions  merely  provide 
that  British  citizens  and  Canadians  in  the  United  States 
shall  become  subject  to  military  service- and  entitled  to 
exemption  and  discharge  therefrom  under  the  laws  of  the 
United  States,  unless  within  the  prescribed  time  they  vol- 
untarily enlist  in  the  British  forces  or  return  to  Great 
Britain  or  Canada  for  military  service. 

The  registration  cards  of  all  British  Subjects  and  Can- 
adians, whether  declarants  or  non-declarants,  and  whether 
unclassified  or  classified  in  Class  1,  2,  3,  4  or  5,  except 
those  who  have  already  been  inducted  into  military  ser- 
vice and  except  those  with  respect  to  whom  Induction 
Orders  (Forms  1014  or  1028)  have  been  issued  shall  upon 
receipt  thereof  be  removed  by  Local  Boards  from  the  file 
of  registration  cards  and  shall  be  placed  in  a  separate  file. 
The  registration  cards  shall  remain  in  a  separate  file, 
where  they  may  be  available  for  inspection  by  properly 
accredited  representatives  of  the  British,  Canadian  Re- 
cruiting Mission,  until  further  notice.  The  Induction  of 
British  Subjects  and  Canadians,  whether  declarant  or  non- 
declarants,  shall  be  suspended  until  further  notice.  The 
statement  of  a  registrant  on  his  registration  card  that  he 
is  a  subject  of  Great  Britain  or  a  Canadian  shall  be  suffi- 
cient evidence  of  his  nationality  unless  the  Local  Board 
is  satisfied  that  such  statement  was  not  true. 

Paragraph  H,  Section  151,  is  hereby  amended  by  the 
addition  of  the  following  after  subparagraph  No.  2 
thereof : 

'*0n  request  of  any  registrant  or  of  a  recruiting  officer 
of  the  British  ('{nindian  Recruiting  IMission,  Local  Boards 
shall  furnish  to  any  registrant  who  has  stated  on  his  reg- 
istrati(m  card  that  lie  is  a  British  Subject  or  a  Canadian, 
a  certificate  in  the  follmvinGr  Poi'in,  citlicr  in  writing  or  by 
telegraph : ' ' 


—  23  — 

It  is  hereby  certified  that ,  a 

registrant  of  this  Local  Board,  stated  on  his  registration 
card  that  he  is  a  British  Subject  or  a  Canadian.  There- 
after, upon  receipt  by  his  Local  Board  of  a  notification  by 
a  Commissioned  Officer  of  the  British  or  Canadian  Army 
stating  that  he  has  been  so  enlisted,  such  notification  shall 
be  filed  with  his  questionnaire  and  the  registrant  shall  be 
placed  in  Class  5  and  marked  Division  K. 

Crowder. 
By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  360. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  July  11,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:   Data  on  Class  1. 

In  the  near  future,  probably  within  the  next  two  weeks,  it 
will  be  necessary  to  re-figure  the  quota  basis  of  the  Local 
Boards  throughout  the  United  States.  For  this  purpose  the 
following  instructions  are  issued  which  all  Local  lioards  must 
follow  closely.  There  were  discrepancies  in  the  last  quota 
basis  due  to  erroneous  reports  of  some  Local  Boards  with  this 
State.  Therefore,  Local  Boards  are  cautioned  that  the  figures 
quoted  must  be  accurate  and  instructions  nuist  be  followed 
closely. 

Two  copies  of  Form  2002A  are  licrcwilli  enclosed.  The 
data  as  called  for  by  this  Foi'iii  will  lie  Ihc  data  required. 
Local  Boards  should  be  prepared  to  riiruisii  these  figures  at  a 


—  24  — 

iiioiiieiit's  notice.  By  eonipilinfi:  these  figures  now  and  carry- 
ing a  ledger  account  of  tlie  additions  and  subtractions  from 
day  to  day,  Local  Boards  will  be  able  to  furnish  these  figures 
within  a  half  hour  of  the  time  they  are  requested  to  do  so. 

The  request  for  these  figures  will  be  in  the  form  of  the  fol- 
lowing telegram:    ''Furnish  data  Class  1  as  of 

date."  The  reply  from  the  Local  Boards  should  be  in  the 
following  form : 

1.  Make  your  entries  on  Form  2002A. 

2.  Then  compile  the  following  telegram  and  send  it  to  this 

office : 

BOKKEE 

SACRAMENTO  CALIFORNIA 

AVAILABLE  GENERAL AVIIJTE  COMMA  


COLORED  COLON  LIMITED  WHITE  COMMA  — 

COLORED   COLON   REMEDIABLE  WHITE 

COMMA COLORED  COLON  FLEET WHITE 

COMMA COLORED  COLON  DELINQUENTS 

WHITE  COMMA  COLORED  COLON  NOT  EXAM- 
INED   WHITE  COMMA COLORED  COLON 

INDUCTED  WHITE  COMMA COLORED. 

BOARD. 

You  will  note  that  nil  figures  jimst  l)e  spelled  out  and  all 
punctuation  nuist  be  spelled  out  completely.  The  telegram 
should  correspond  exactly  to  the  form  outlined  and  the  figures 
must  correspond  exactly  to  the  figures  as  shown  on  Form 
2()()2A.  The  headings  are  merely  words  indicating  the  head- 
ings under  Chiss  1  on  the  forni.  Vai'iations  fnmi  this  form 
of  telegram  jnay  canse  confusion  or  doubt  in  tliis  office  and 
consiMiuent  delay  in  order  to  check  or  confirm  the  figures  as 
rurnished  hy  tlie  Local  Boards. 

In  order  to  confirm  the  figures,  tlie  Local  lionrds  will,  im- 
mediately  after  sending  the  telegram,   mail   Form   2002A   to 


—  25  — 

this  office.     Be  sure  to  put  your  Local  Board  name  or  stamp 
on  the  form  and  be  sure  to  mail  it  immediately. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  361. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  12,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the   Provost  Marshal  General  is 
published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

From  :     Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:  Disbursing  Officers  in  all  States. 

Subject:   Irregular  Issue  of  Transportation  Rec^uests. 
1.  The  attention  of  all  Disbursing  Officers  is  invited  to  the 
following  abstract  of  a  letter  from  the  Quartermaster  General : 

''1.  It  has  come  to  the  attention  of  this  office  that  very 
frequently  of  late  bills  are  presented  by  the  Pullman 
Company  to  this  office  covering  transportation  of  selected 
men,  supported  only  by  memorandum  or  receipt  signed 
by  the  Pullman  Conductor,  and  subsequently  investiga- 
tion in  this  office  reveals  the  fact  that  payment  has  already 
been  made  to  the  Pullman  Company  for  the  same  accom- 
modations in  another  bill  supported  by  a  regular  form  of 
transportation   request. 

2.  This  office  has  on  sever;)]  occasions  declined  to  .•i('ce[)t 
bills  sui)ported  by  these  memoranda  or  irregular  evi- 
dences, and  it  now  develops  that  The  Pullman  Company 


—  26  — 

is  calling  on  individual  Boards  to  issue  a  transportation 
request  in  lieu  of  memoranda  or  receipts,  in  some  cases 
their  requests  having  been  issued  six  months  after  the  ser- 
vice was  performed.  The  result  of  this  action  is  that  The 
Pullman  Compan}^  again  present  the  same  bill  that  was 
previously  declined,  and  at  the  suggestion  of  the  Chief, 
Inland  Traffic  Service,  this  matter  is  being  brought  to 
your  attention,  with  a  view  of  issuing  such  instructions 
to  the  various  Local  Boards  that  will  guard  against  the 
issuance  of  a  transportation  request  after  the  service  has 
been  performed." 

2.  In  order  to  j)revent  a  recurrence  of  irregularities  com- 
plained of  in  this  letter,  its  contents  will  be  made  known  to 
all  Local  Boards  in  your  State,  and  their  attention  a^ain 
directed  to  instructions  printed  on  the  back  of  transportation 
requests  which  must  be  carefully  complied  with. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor.. 

j.  j.  borree, 
lU^igadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  362. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5I)-17  July   1L\  1!)18. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:    Vacation  of  P]mpix)yef:s. 
This  ul'tice  has  taken  up  with  Tlie  Provost  Marshal  General 
tlie  matter  of  vacation  for  emi)l()yees  of  Local  and  District 


—  27  — 

Boards  throughout  the  State,  and  we  have  received  the  follow- 
ing reply  which  is  submitted  for  your  guidance : 

1.  Vacations  may  be  granted  to  federal  employees  in 
state  headquarters,  local  and  district  boards  on  a  basis  of 
one  day  and  a  quarter  per  month  of  services  for  all  em- 
ployees after  they  shall  have  been  in  the  service  at  least 
six  months. 

2.  It  is  urged  that  these  vacations  be  allowed  at  such 
times  as  will  not  interfere  with  important  duties  now 
pressing. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  363. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  13,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:   Review  op  Form  1010. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  Provost  Marshal  General 
is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  12,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  two  thousand  five.  Eeference  from  Seventy- 
five  standards  of  physical  examination  particularly  Sec- 
tions 10  and  81  to  85.  Instruct  your  Medical  Aide  and 
all  Local  Boards  to  review  physical  examination  Form 
1010  of  all  registrants  awaiting  induction  and  wherever 
necessary  to  regroup  physically  registrants  not  conform- 
ing in  physical  requirements  with  new  standards  of  physi- 

5-40633 


—  28  — 

(•ill  ('x;iiiiin;iti(»ji  l'\!]'iii  7.")  wliich  nrc  also  in  effect  at  all 
jiiohili/alion  |)ia(-i's.  This  is  cspcciallN-  itnportant  with  re- 
ti'afd  1()  new  iiiiniiiiiiin  li('i,u'li1  ami  w  ri'_;-iit  requirements. 
Act  iial  pliN  sical  rc-cxaiiiinat  i(»i)  oF  f(  liis'  i-;iiiis  sliould  rarely 
he  !ie(M'ssar\-  in  order  1o  chaiiuc  litimi j)in<:-  to  conl'orm  with 
new  ])liysical  rc(|iiir('iiiciits  l)iit  Local  Boards  have  author- 
ity to  rc-c.\;nniii('  rc.uist rants  wlici-c  they  deem  the  same 
llcccssa!y^ 

Ci^tWDKK. 

]>^•   i)iiv'!:("ii().\   ()i-  'i-|ii;  <  i()\-i;K'N(»u'. 

J.  .1.    !;..i;kki:, 
T>riiia(li('!'  (general,  N.  U.  C, 
Tlic  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  364. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1    1-'  July  i:>.  I!tl8. 

To  nil  Local  Boards: 

!^ii;.ii;' T  :   1-]  \ii;i;(;!:.\(N    l-'i.i:i:r  List. 
The  follow  iim'  lettei-  I'l'oni  the  office  of  the  Provost  :Marshal 
(h'lieral   is  published   Foi-  the  infoi'ination  autl  iznidaiiee  of  all 

concei'iied  : 

Xiiinl.ec    \\    L^!)L 

lu'Tei-ence  Sections  lo.")^  ;iii,|  1 .")(;,  S.  S.  K. 
'i'his  oflice  has  heen  inroi-med  that  oflicials  of  Recniit- 
iii^'  Service  Cnited  States  Sliii)piiij;  lioard  are  havinj? 
dinicnlty  in  obtaining  prompt  att(>ntion  from  Local 
Boards  to  requexts  for  permits  for  i)a^sp()rts  for  regis- 
trants on  I'anerirency  Fleet  Tiist.  It  is  necessary  to  en- 
sure iMiine(li;iie  issnaiice  of  peiaints  to  repristrants  on 
iMneruvn.y    h^eei    List    nnder   Section    155.''.   ii|>on    rcMpiest 


—  29  — 

contained  in  Form  1024  P.  M.  G.  O.  made  by  proper 
officials  of  Recruiting*  Service  of  United  States  Shipping 
Board  in  order  that  vital  process  of  transporting  troops 
may  not  be  delayed. 

Crowder. 
By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  365. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  15,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:    Work  or  Fight. 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
.Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C.,  July  13,  1918. 
Adjutant  General , 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  D  two  twenty-four  re  tel  number  four  nine  two. 
Paragraph  5  of  Telegram  B  sixteen  fourteen  refers  to 
heads  of  various  departments  that  are  named  and  also 
heads  of  other  departments,  while  Paragraph  6  refers  to 
clerks  in  such  departments  who  are  not  the  heads.  Com- 
mission merchants,  who  buy  and  sell  for  a  commission 
and  who  do  not  own  the  connnodity  are  not  included,  nor 
clerks  in  manufacturing  establishments  or  in  the  offices 
thereof,  but  only  clerks  in  stores  and  mercantile  estab- 
lishments engaged  in  making  sales.  The  Oil  Industry  as 
a  whole  is  not  included.     Clerks  in  distributing  stations 


—  30  — 

whore  sales  are  made  are  included  unless  exempted  as 
head  of  department  or  for  some  other  reason  specified  in 
the  rules  or  the  explanatory  Telegram  B  sixteen  fourteen. 
If  experienced  price  and  cost  clerks  are  heads  of  depart- 
.    ments  they  are  not  included. 

Crowder. 
By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  366. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12-16  July  16,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  received  from  the  office  of  the  Provast 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  5,  1918. 
From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:       Draft  Executives  of  all  States. 

Subject:  Delinquent  Order  Numbers. 

1.  In  issuing:  delin(iuont  orders  as  provided  in  Section 
132,  Selective  Service  Regulations,  for  the  class  of  June, 
1918,  State  Adjutants  General  will  number  such  delin- 
(juent  orders  consecutively  with  a  new  series  beginning 
with  one  and  preceded  by  the  letter  A. 

2.  The  date  entered  by  Local  Boards  in  column  4  of 
Form  lOK^  will  generally  indicate  whether  the  registrant 
is  of  the  first  or  second  registration,  but  to  avoid  all  pos- 
sibility of  error  in  the  handling  of  these  forms,  instruct 
all  Local  Boards  immediately,  when  issuing  Forms  1013 
and  1018  for  deiinipient  registrants  of  the  class  of  June, 


—  31  — 

1918,  to  write  at  the  top  of  such  forms  the  words  ''Second 
Registration." 

E.  ri.  Crowder, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  367. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  July  16,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Delivery  of  Deserters  to  Army  Posts. 

1.  Question  was  raised  by  Commanding  Officer  of  a  certain 
military  post  regarding  the  authority  of  Local  Boards  to 
deliver  as  deserters  aliens  who  had  become  delinquents  and 
had  been  inducted  into  military  service  and  achieved  the 
status  of  deserters. 

2.  The  reply  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General  is  quoted  for 
your  information.  You  will  note  that  unless  the  men  are 
alien  enemies,  it  is  perfectly  proper  to  forward  them  to  the 
nearest  military  post  with  Form  1021  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
officers  at  that  post  to  receive  the  men  as  deserters: 

1.  Section  51,  S.  S.  R.,  as  amended  by  my  Telegram 
B-lOO,  copy  attached,  provides  that  upon  the  arrest  of  a 
deserter  he  shall  be  taken  before  a  Local  Board,  where 
inquiry  shall  be  made  as  to  whether  the  offense  was  wilful 
and  committed  with  an  attempt  to  evade  military  service. 
There  is  no  provision  for  the  physical  examination  of  a 
wilful   deserter.     If   Form   1021    is   properly   made   out 


—  32  — 

with  rc.spcct  to  a  deserter  delivered  to  eamp,  siieh  deserter 
should  be  aceepted  by  the  military  authorities  mtkI  tlw 
reward  paid. 

2.  In  the  })artieular  ease  referred  to  herein,  it  ai)piais 
that  Form  1021  was  so  properly  made  out  and  that  the 
reward  of  $50.00  should,  therefore,  be  paid. 

3.  The  letter  of  May  15,  1918,  from  the  Commanding 
Officer  at  Fort  McDowell,  California,  to  the  Local  Board 
for  the  County  of  Napa,  that  State,  cites  Section  78, 
paragraph  (f)  of  the  regulations,  which  provides  that 
there  shall  be  placed  in  Class  V,  any  registrant  found  to 
be  ''a  resident  alien  (not  an  alien  enemy)  who  has  not 
declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  imless  such  noii-declarant  has  stated  in  answer  to 
question  No.  2  of  series  VII  of  his  questionyiaire  that  he 
does  not  clcdm  exemption  on  the  ground  of  his  alienage, 
in  which  case  he  shall  he  classified  as  though  he  were  a 
citizen  of  tlie  United  States.^'  It  appears  in  the  particu- 
lar case  at  point  that  this  registrant  so  waived  his  rights 
of  deferred  classification.  Moreover,  Section  129  of  the 
regulations  provides  that:  ''Any  registrant,  except  an 
alien  enemy,  who  fails  to  return  his  questionnaire  on  the 
date  required,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  waived  all  rights 
for  filing  claims  and  proof  for  deferred  cla^ssification,  sliall 
stand  classified  in  Class  i  *  *  *"  if  a  registrant  (ex- 
cept an  alien  enemy)  fails  to  file  his  questionnaire  or  to 
appear  for  physical  examination,  lie  becomes  a  delinquent 
under  the  Selective  Service  Act.  If  he  fails  further  to 
comply,  within  the  prescribed  time,  with  induction  orders, 
whether  issued  by  the  State  Adjutant  General  or  by  the 
Local  Board,  he  becomes  n  deserter  and  his  case  is  hnudl«Ml 
as  such. 

E.  II.  Crowdku, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 

By  Breckinridge  Jones, 
Cn]>1;)in,  Infantry,  O.  R.  C,  Acting  Chief, 
Administrative  Division. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
Tlie  Adjutant  General. 


—  33  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  368. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  July  17,  1918.     , 

To  oil  Local  and  Disirict  Boards: 

Subject:  Mu^itary  Service  of  British  Subjects. 

1.  The  attention  of  this  office  has  been  directed  to  the  fact 
that  several  Local  and  District  Boards  are  holding  British 
Subjects  from  India  for  military  service,  even  though  they 
have  claimed  deferred  classification  on  the  grounds  of  being 
aliens.     This  procedure  is  incorrect. 

2.  The  Convention  between  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain  specifies  that  citizens  of  the  United  States  residing  in 
Great  Britain  and  the  Subjects  of  Great  Britain  residing  in 
the  United  States,  who  have  come  from  territories  or  posses- 
sions of  either  Country  in  which  military  service  is  not  com- 
pulsory, should  not  be  held  for  military  service  in  the  Country 
in  which  they  are  now  residing.  Military  service  is  not  com- 
pulsory in  India,  Australia  or  New  Zealand,  therefore,  British 
Subjects  from  those  Countries  should  not  be  held  for  military 
service  in  the  United  States,  unless  they  waive  deferred 
classification  or  fail  to  claim  same,  which  amounts  to  the  same 
thing. 

3.  Such  Local  and  District  Boards  as  have  erroneously 
classified  registrants  coming  under  the  above  ruling  should 
immediately  proceed  to  correct  their  classification. 

By    DIRECTION    OF    THE    GOVERNOR. 

J.   J.    BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  34  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  369. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

H-12  July  18,  1918 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:  Work  or  Fight  Correction. 

1.  This  office  has  been  advised  by  the  Provost  Marshal  Gen- 
eral that  Paragraph  5,  Line  5  of  Circular  No.  333  quoting 
\\\<,  telegram  B-1614  should  have  read  **and  other  depart- 
ments" instead  of  ''and  their  departments." 

2.  This  correction  clears  away  many  doubts  and  seems  to 
make  definite  a  perplexing  question. 

3.  Circular  333  should  be  immediately  corrected  as  above 
indicated. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  35  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  370. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  20,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:    Amendment  to  Section  151. 
1.  The  following  telegram  received  from  The  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  giudance  of 
all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  18,  1918. 

i?  Adjutant  Oeneral, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B2109.  The  following  paragraph  has  been 
added  to  Section  151 : 

''Under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may 
prescribe,  a  registrant  who  is  regularly  enrolled  in  a 
.school  approved  by  the  War  Department  Committee  on 
Education  and  Special  Training,  and  is  pursuing  full 
time  courses  leading  to  a  bachelor  or  higher  degree  in 
medicine,  engineering,  physics,  chemistry  and  other  tech- 
nical subjects  essential  to  the  prosecution  of  the  War,  or 
who  is  an  indispensable  teacher  in  such  courses,  or  who 
is  engaged  in  the  training  of  army  personnel,  may  enlist 
in  the  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps,  and  thereafter,  on  pre- 
sentation by  the  registrant  to  his  Local  Board  of  hi^  cer- 
tificate of  enlistment,  such  certificate  shall  be  filed  with  the 
questionnaire,  and  the  registrant  shall  be  placed  in  Class 
V  on  the  ground  that  he  is  in  the  Military  Service  of  the 
United  States." 

Promulgate  this  immediately. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 

6— 4053S 


—  36  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  371. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  20,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  Work  or  Fight. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned : 

Wasttington,  D.  C,  July  19,  1918. 

Adjutant  General^ 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  D  two  thirty-five.  Please  advise  Local  and 
District  Boards  that  clerks  in  gas  and  electric  companies 
as  an  entirety  are  not  included  in  Section  121-K,  Rules  and 
Regulations.  Clerks  in  Maoiufaeturing  Plants,  Power 
Plants  and  general  offices  of  Gas  and  Electric  Companies 
are  not  included.  If  Gas  and  Electric  Companies  maintain 
sales  stores  for  the  sale  of  supplies,  sales  clerks  and  other 
clerks  tlierein  are  included  unless  excepted  by  Paragraph 
5  of  my  Number  H  sixteen  fourteen.  Please  advise  John 
A.  Britton,  Vice-President  Pacific  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
l)any,  who  makes  inquiry  through  Advisory  Committee 
Council  of  National  Defense. 

Crowder. 

bv  direction  op  the  governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  37  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  372. 

STATE  OF   CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  23,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:    Emergency  Fleet  List. 
1.  The  following  telegram  received  from  The  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
:    all  concerned: 

^  Washington,  D.  C,  July  20,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  2144.  The  provisions  of  Sub-paragraphs 
B,  C  and  D  of  Section  154,  concerning  the  rendering 
of  monthly  reports  of  continuous  employment  and  the 
checking  of  the  Emergency  Fleet  Classification  Lists  and 
the  removal  from  the  Lists  of  registrants  not  so  reported, 
are  indefinitely  suspended  on  account  of  new  regulations 
about  to  be  issued.  Many  Local  Boards  appear  to  have 
misunderstood  similar  instructions  heretofore  issued  and 
appear  to  think  that  Emergency  Fleet  Classification  priv- 
ileges have  been  suspended  and  are  inducting  registrants 
who  are  on  the  Fleet  Lists.  This  is  incorrect  and  you 
will  please  immediately  issue  telegraphic  instructions  to 
all  Local  Boards  correcting  such  misunderstanding  and 
promulgating  the  foregoing  order  suspending  the  opera- 
tion of  the  provisions  mentioned. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  38  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  373. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  23,  1918. 

To  Local  and  District  Boards: 

SuB.jECT:   Amendment. 
1.  The  following  telegram  received  from  The  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  19,  1918. 

Adjutant  Generalf 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B2116.  The  War  Department  has  again 
amended  the  Physical  Examination  Regulations  concern- 
ing minimum  height  and  weight  requirements  so  that  the 
minimum  height  for  Selective  Service  Registrants  is  sixty 
inches  instead  of  sixty-three  inches,  and  the  minimum 
weight  is  one  luuulred  ten  pounds,  and  has  ordered  that 
Sub-paragraphs  ''A"  and  ''H"  of  Section  85,  Page  25, 
Standards  of  Physical  Examination,  Form  75,  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

**  Registrants  who  on  examination  are  found  to  present 
the  following  defects  shall  be  unconditionally  rejected  for 
Military  Service: 

(a)  Less  than  sixty  inches  in  height,  except  for  insular 
troops. 

(b)  Less  than  one  hundred  ten  pounds  in  weight,  ex- 
cept for  insular  troops,  unless  it  is  plainly  due  to  some 
recent  illness  or  to  employment  and  environment  of  civil 
life  which  is  considered  remediable  by  camp  life." 

The  remainder  of  said  Section  85,  namely  Paragraph 
"C,"  ^4:)"  and  '*E,"  remain  unchanged. 

The  term  *' Insular  Troops"  means  trooi^  who  are 
selected  in  Hawaii  and  Porto  Rico  and  does  not  mean 
troops  raised  in  the  United  States  for  Insular  Service. 

Registrants  should  be  groui)ed  as  to  physical  qualifica- 
tions in  accordance  with  these  amendments,  both  as  to 
registrants  examined  herenfter  and  registrants  heretofore 


—  39  — 

examined  who  may  have  been  placed  in  Group  D  as  not 
qualified  for  General  Military  Service  on  account  of  for- 
mer regulations  as  to  minimum  height  and  weight. 

Crov^der. 
^     By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  374. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  23,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:  Form  op  Application  by  Aliens  for  Passports. 
1.  The  following  letter  from  The  Provost  Marshal  General 
is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

1.  The  last  paragraph  of  the  amended  form  of  application 
for  passport  permit  (Section  299)  reads  as  follows: 

''My  address  while  absent  will  be I  under- 
stand my  obligations  under  the  law  and  promise  to  keep 
myself  informed  as  to  my  proximity  to  call  and  to  return 
immediately  upon  call  by  this  Local  Board:  I  also  prom- 
ise to  keep  this  Local  Board  informed  of  any  change  of  my 
address  during  my  absence." 

2.  It  is  obviously  unnecessary  to  require  non-declarant  aliens 
who  have  been  classified  in  Class  V  (f)  to  sign  an  affidavit 
( (mtaining  the  above  statements.  Hereafter,  when  such  an 
alien  registrant  makes  application  for  a  passport  permit,  this 
portion  of  the  form  of  application  should  be  omitted. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  40  -^ 
Circular  Letter  No.  375. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  23,  1918. 

To  all  Locul  and  District  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

From  :     Depot  Quartermaster. 

To:         Adjutant  General,   State  of  California,   Sacrament > 
California.     , 

Subject  :  Issue  op  Street-car  Tickets  to  Draft  Boards. 

1.  It  ivS  requested  that  instructions  be  issued  to  all  Local 
Draft  Boards,  re(iuiring  them  to  state  quantity  and 
whether  Municipal  or  United  Railway,  when  making  ap- 
plication to  this  depot  for  issue  of  street-car  tickets  for 
use  of  drafted  men  passing  through  "the  city  of  Saii 
Francisco. 

By  authority  of  the  Depot  Quartermaster. 

G.  G.*  Bailey, 
Lieut.  Colonel,  Q.  M.  Corps, 
Assistant. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
Tlie  Adjutant  General. 


—  41  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  376. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNrA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  23,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

The  following  letter  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

From  :     The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

To :  The  Commanding  Generals  of  all  Departments,  Camps, 

and  Divisions  in  the  United  States,  the  Commanding 
Generals  of  the  Ports  of  Embarkation,  and  the  Com- 
manding General,  American  Expeditionary  Forces. 

Subject:   Alien  Enemies  and  Allied  Alien  Enemies. 

1.  Selective  Service  Regulations,  Section  79,  Rule  XII, 
Note  4,  and  Section  101,  Note,  provide  that  no  alien 
enemy  residing  in  the  United  States,  whether  he  has  taken 
out  his  first  papers  or  not,  will  be  accepted  for  service. 
Notwithstanding  these  instructions,  communications  reach- 
ing this  office  indicate  that  many  such  alien  enemies  have 
been  inducted  by  the  Local  Boards  and  accepted  into  ser- 
vice by  the  military  authorities,  and  further  indicate  that 
the  proper  disposition  of  enemy  aliens  and  allied  enemy 
aliens  is  not  thoroughly  understood. 

2.  The  instructions  of  this  office  in  telegram  dated  Jan- 
uary 27,  1918,  and  the  further  instructions  in  circular 
letter  dated  April  18,  1918,  are  still  in  effect.  The  tele- 
gram of  January  27,  1918,  referred  to  above  directed  ''that 
all  subjects  of  countries  with  which  w^e  are  at  war,  who  do 
not  desire  to  serve  in  the  United  States  Army,  be,  dis- 
charged at  the  earliest  possible  moment.  Before  dis- 
charging any  soldier  w^hom  you  believe  should  be  interned 
consult  wdth  nearest  agent  of  Department  of  Justice  to 
ascertain  if  he  will  order  internment.  Report  to  this 
office  by  mail  names  and  organizations  of  soldiers  and 
report  by  wire  number  of  soldiers  discharged  pursuant  to 
this  order." 


—  42  — 

3.  It  is  presumed  that  all  alien  enemy  soldiers,  wlm 
were  in  the  service  on  February  1,  1918,  were  given  an 
opportunity  for  discharge  under  the  provisions  of  this 
telegram,  and  applications  for  discliarge  from  such  sol- 
diers on  the  ground  of  their  being  alien  enemies  should  be 
granted  only  after  proof  that  opportunity  for  discharge 
under  telegram  of  January  27,  1918,  had  not  been  afforded. 

4.  The  cases  of  soldiers  who  have  entered  the  Service 
since  February  1,  1918,  will  be  considered  on  their  merits, 
and  if  an  alien  enemy  soldier  has  once  been  afforded  an 
opportunity  for  discharge  and  expressed  over  his  sign;! 
ture  a  willingness  to  serve  he  will  not  be  discharged  on  hi 
own  request,  or  the  request  of  any  other  person,  on  account 
of  his  alien  enemy  birth. 

5.  When  applications  are  received,  from  any  source,  foi* 
discharge  by  reason  of  enemy  alienage  you  will  promptly 
investigate  the  case,  communicating,  if  necessary,  with 
the  soldier's  Local  Board,  through  the  State  Adjutant 
General,  with  a  view  of  determining  whether  or  not  the 
soldier  is  in  fact  an  enemy  alien,  and  if,  upon  investig;t 
tion  it  is  ascertained  that  he  is  an  enemy  alien  and  ha- 
not  been  aff'orded  an  opportunity  for  discharge  under  the 
I)rovisions  of  telegram  of  January  27,  1918,  final  action 
in  his  case  will  be  taken  by  you.  If  your  investigation 
discloses  that  he  has  had  such  an  opportunity  and  hjis 
expressed  a  willingness  to  serve,  he  will  not  be  discharged. 

6.  These  instructions  are  not  to  be  construed  to  pro- 
hibit the  discharge  of  enemy 'alien  soldiers  who  by  tlieir 
speech  or  action  indicate  that  they  are  tit  subjects  for  in- 
ternment. In  this  connection  attention  is  invited  to  Gen- 
eral Orders  45,  War  Department,  1918,  especially  Section 
1,  paragraphs  4a,  8,  9  and  10.  This  order  provides  an 
outlet  for  the  disposition  of  enemy  alien  soldiers  who  arc 
not  discharged,  who  do  not  become  naturalized  and  wh< 

^on  account  of  enemy  alien  ])irth,  are  not  eligible  for  service 
abroad. 

7.  Completely  naturalized  citizens  of  enemy  alien  birth 
can  not  be  interned,  but  such  soldiers  concerning  whose 
loyalty  there  is  any  doul)t  should  be  brought  to  trial  b\ 
court-martial,  providing  their  speech  or  conduct  furnishes 
sufficient  evidence  to  wari*ant  sucli   action. 


—  43  — 

8.  Citizens  of  allied  enemy  birth  do  not  come  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Selective  Service  Regulations  referred 
to  in  paragraph  1  of  this  letter  or  the  telegram  of  Janu- 
ary 27,  1918.  They  are  not,  however,  eligible  for  service 
abroad.  Attention  is  invited  to  circular  letter  from  this 
office  dated  Ma.y  7,  1918,  especially  paragraph  11  thereof. 

9.  To  provide  a  means  by  which  loyal  soldiers  of  enemy 
alien  or  allied  enemy  alien  birth  who  desire  to  remain  in 
the  service  may  become  eligible  for  service  abroad,  a 
naturalization  bill  providing  for  the  expeditious  naturali- 
zation of  practically  all  aliens  in  the  military  service, 
including  enemy  aliens,  producing  satisfactory  evidence 
of  lo3'alty,  has  recently  become  a  law. 

J.  W.  Riley, 
Adjutant  General. 
Hy  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  bokree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  377. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12.  July  23,  1918. 

7V>  ((II  Local  and  f)i strict  Boards: 

Subject  :  Misinterpretation  by  Local  Boards  of  Telegram 
B  1372— Circular  No.  319. 

The  followinj:;"  letter  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Marshal 
General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

1.  Information  has  been  received  by  this  office  that 
Local  Boards  have  misconstrued  and  do  not  understand 
the  telegram  from  this  office  No.  B  1372  (Circular  No. 
319). 


—  44  — 

2.  Some  Boards  have  construed  the  said  telegram  as 
compelling  them  to  reclassify  and  place  in  Class  1  all 
registrants  who  request  a  certificate  permitting  enlist- 
ment in  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  and  are  refusing  to 
issue  any  certificates  if  after  such  classification  in  Class  1 
the  registrant's  order  number  has  been  passed  or  is  such 
as  to  bring  him  within  the  current  quota. 

3.  Telegram  B  1372  was  not  intended  automatically  to 
put  a  registrant  in  Class  1  or  otherwise  to  deprive 
dependents  of  registrants  of  their  support.  The  words 
' '  and  if  reclassified  in  Class  1 ' '  were  used  in  said  telegram 
with  the  view  of  meeting  and  covering  cases  of  actual 
dependency  where  the  Boards  find  such  to  exist. 

4.  When  any  registrant  who  has  been  granted  deferred 
classification  on  any  ground  applies  to  his  Local  Board 
for  a  certificate  under  Section  151,  Paragraph  (a),  thf 
Local  and  District  Boards  should  permit  the  registrant  to 
file  such  new  evidence  as  he  may  desire,  and  should  then 
consider  the  registrant's  case  in  the  light  of  such  applica- 
tion and  new  evidence,  if  any,  bearing  on  the  case  and 
should  proceed  to  correctly  reclassify  the  registrant  in 
accordance  with  the  true  state  of  facts.  If  the  registrant 
is  left  in  a  deferred  class,  he  will  not  be  in  the  current 
quota  of  his  Local  Board,  and  is  entitled  to  a  certificate 
to  that  effect.  If  the  registrant  is  reclassified  and  placed 
in  Class  1,  his  order  number  shall  determine  whether  or 
not  a  certificate  should  ])e  issued.  Please  communicate 
the  foregoing  to  Local  Boards. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  Ceneral,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  45  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  378. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-12  ,  July  24,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  August  Inductions. 

1.  The  Provost  Marshal  General  states  in  his  telegram  No. 
E  nineteen  forty-eight  that  the  August  Calls  upon  this  State 
will  be  approximately  the  same  as  those  for  July.  Local 
Boards  have  already  received  some  of  the  August  Calls  and 
additional  Calls  will  be  issued.  Local  Boards  can  estimate 
now,  from  previous  experience,  about  the  number  which  will 
be  inducted  on  such  calls.  Boards  will,  therefore,  immediately 
proceed  to  examine  such  of  the  1917  registrants  as  have  been 
reclassified  and  not  yet  examined  and  also  the  registrants  of 
1918  who  have  been  placed  in  Class  I  so  that  a  sufficient  num- 
ber of  men  will  be  available  to  fill  the  calls  wdth  generous 
allowances  for  rejections  at  the  camps  and  any  additional  calls 
that  might  possibly  be  made. 

2.  The  Provost  Marshal  General  instructs  that  no  releases 
for  enlistments  in  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  or  Emergency  Fleet 
may  be  issued  to  remaining  men  physically  qualified  for  gen- 
eral military  service  in  Class  I  of  1917  or  to  any  men  in 
Class  of  1918  physically  qualified  for  general  military  service 
until  Local  Boards  are  satisfied  that  they  can  fill  August  Calls 
and  then  only  to  such  men  as  Local  Boards  are  satisfied  will 
not  be  needed  to  fill  August  Calls. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  46  ~ 
Circular  Letter  No.  379. 

STATE    OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  July  24,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  County  Agents  op  Departments  of  Agriculture. 
The    followin«>:    telo|?ram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  23,  1918. 

lidju Ian t  (Jcncral, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  twenty-two  naught  seven.  The  Department 
of  Agriculture  views  with  special  concern  the  evidences 
which  reach  it  of  action  by  Boards  in  refusing  deferred 
classification  and  in  vacating  Deferred  Classification  and 
Order  NTunl)ers  of  County  Agents  employed  by  that  De- 
partment. The  Department  is  charged  by  Congress  with 
the  duty  of  stimulating  economically  food  production 
along  all  lines.  The  extension  machinery  is  the  mcst 
valuable  single  agency  for  this  purpose.  It  is  difficult  to 
secure  men  with  the  requisite  vision  and  leadership.  In- 
stitutions have  not  been  training  men  a  long  enough  time 
to  pernut  the  department  to  man  the  force  entirely  hy 
nien  over  draft  age.  Great  care  has  been  exercised  in 
selecting  the  extension  agents.  They  rwe  selected  by  tlic 
farmers,  bureaus  and  the  State  College  Officers  and  recoui 
mended  to  the  department.  The  Bureau  Chief  canvass<'- 
each  case  and  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  wb' 
carefully  considers  each  record.  The  Department  h;is 
been  in  the  position  of  having  to  increase  its  forces  by 
approximately  seven  thousand  at  the  very  moment  when 
it  was  losing  ap])roximately  six  thousand  of  its  most 
effective    aiid    trained    employees.     This    emphasizes    tli' 


~  47  — 

difficulty  of  executing  tlie  tasks  imposed  upon  the  Depart- 
ment by  Congress,  including*  the  enforcement  of  regu- 
latory statutes,  such  as  the  Meat  Inspection  Act,  the  Food 
and  Drugs  Act,  the  various  Quarantine  Laws,  and  Main- 
tenance and  Development  of  the  Special  Emergency  Food 
Production  Activities.  I  recognize  the  statutory  author- 
ity of  Boards  to  decide  these  questions  but  believe  that  the 
facts  recited  above,  none  of  which  is  disputed,  require 
that  Boards  give  special  consideration  to  certificates  issued 
by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  to  County  Agents. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  380. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

f    H-18  July  25,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:  British  Subjects. 

1.  Forward  at  once  to  the  British  and  Canadian  Recruiting 
Mission,  268  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  the  names 
and  addresses  of  all  British  subjects  who  are  in  the  1918  class. 

2.  Please  expedite. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 


Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C. 
The  Adjutant  General. 


48  — 


Circular  Letter  No.  381. 


STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  26,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:  Changes  in  Part  14,  Selective  Service 
Regulations. 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of   the    Provost 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  24,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  twenty-two  forty-six.  Part  fourteen  Selec- 
tive Service  Regulations  is  amended  as  follows: 

Under  the  heading  Post  Office  Department  the  first 
subparagraph  of  paragraph  2  of  Part  14,  Selective  Service 
Regulations  as  amended  in  changes  Selective  Service 
Regulations  No.  2  dated  January  25th,  1918,  is  hereby 
furtlier  amended  so  that  said  first  paragraph  shall  read  as 
follows:  "Postmasters  at  first  and  second  class  post  offices 
are  herel)y  authorized  to  file  affidavits  with  Local  Exemp- 
tion Boards  for  the  purpose  of  securing  deferred  classifi- 
cation (Class  3)  for  tlie  following  employees  only:  Super- 
visory Officials  in  Post  Offices;  Post  Office  Clerks  whose 
services  cannot  be  dispensed  witli  without  materially 
lowering  the  efficiency  of  the  service;  Drivers  of  Govern- 
ment owned  automobiles;  Mechanics  and  skilled  laborers 
whose  services  are  absolutely  necessary;  Clerks  and  sub- 
stitute Clerks  employed  at  military  branches."  The 
remaining  subparagraphs  of  said  paragraph  to  remain 
unchanged. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  49  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  382. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  26,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:  Classification  of  1918  Registrants. 
1.  The  following  telegram  received  from  the  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  25,  1918. 
Adjutant  General^ 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B2265.  Am  of  the  opinion  that  you  should 
hold  under  a  very  special  scrutiny  the  report  of  any  Local 
Board  which  fails  to  classify  at  least  fifty  per  cent  of 
June  5th,  1918,  registrants  in  net  Class  1,  that  is  finally 
classified  in  Class  1  and  examined  physically  and  accepted 
for  General  Military  Service.  The  studies  of  the  prior 
operation  of  the  draft  indicate  that  fifty  per  cent  should 
be  a  minimum.  The  only  exceptions  which  can  be  recog- 
nized by  this  Office  are  where  an  unusually  large  number 
of  registrants  of  this  class  are  aliens,  or  have  been  released 
to  the  Navy,  Marine  Corps  or  Emergency  Fleet.  The 
National  average  should  be  much  higher  than  fifty  per 
cent  because  industrial,  agricultural  and  dependency 
deferment  and  physical  rejection  should  be  much  lower. 
My  telegram  E1948,  placing  in  current  quota  all  actual 
fighting  men  in  Class  1  necessary  to  fill  July  and  August 
Calls,  making  liberal  estimate  for  physical  rejections  at 
camp,  ought,  in  its  practical  effect,  to  close  releases  from 
Class  1  to  the  Navy,  Marine  Corps  and  Emergency  Fleet. 
Failure  to  get  a  proper  classification  of  June  5th,  1918, 
registrants  as  here  indicated  must  of  necessity  be  followed 
by  orders  issuing  from  this  Office  for  a  revision  of  that 


—  50  — 

classification   if  we  are  to  meet  requisitions  already   in 
sight.     Please  regard  this  niatt<'r  as  of  first  importance. 

Crowder. 
By  direction  op  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  383. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  27,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

1.  The  following  letter  received  from  the  Office  of  the 
Provost  Marshal  General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned : 

From:  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:        Draft  Executives  of  all  States. 

Subject  :  Induction  Papers. 

1.  Section  160  of  the  Selective  Service  Regulations  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

''The  Local  Board  shall  deliver  to  the  man  in  charge  of 
the  party  Form  1029  (duplicate),  and  one  Form  1,  one 
Form  1029 A  and  B  and  one  copy  of  Form  1010  for  each 
man  ordered  to  report  for  military  duty.  The  man  in 
charge  of  the  party  will  deliver  these  papers  to  the  mili- 
tary authorities  immediately  upon  the  arrival  of  the 
party  at  its  destination. 

"The  Local  Board  will  send,  by  registered  mail  to  th(^ 
Adjutant  of  the  military  camp  or  station  to  which  the 
party   is   to   be   sent   the   following  papers:   Form   1029 


—  51  — 

(original)    and  for  each  member  of  the  party  actually 
entrained,  one  copy  of  Form  1010." 

E.  H.  Crowder, 
Provost  Marshal  General. 

By  11.  E.  Stephenson, 

Captain,  N.  A. 
Chief,  Mobilization  Division. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  384. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  27,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:    Individual  Induction. 

1.  It  appears  that  many  Local  Boards  are  advising  regis- 
trants who  desire  individual  induction  into  a  Staff  Corps  to 
apply  direct  to  The  Provost  Marshal  General  for  individual 
induction. 

2.  The  attention  of  Local  lioards  is  directed  to  the  fact  that 
the  function  of  the  Office  of  The  Provost  Marshal  General  is 
not  the  selection  of  men  for  individual  induction  into  the 
various  Corps,  but  is  confined  to  supervising  the  mechanical 
process  of  inducting  registrants  who  have  been  selected  for 
individual  induction  by  the  Staff  Corps  and  for  whose  induc- 
tion requisitions  have  been  made  upon  it. 

3.  Local  Boards  should  inform  registrants  who  apply  for 
instructions  regarding  individual  induction,  that  such  regis- 


—  52  — 

trants  should  first  apply  to  the  head  of  the  Staff  Corps  or  1 
tlie  Staff  Officers  at  the  headcpiarters  of  the  territorial  depari 
nients  (such  as  the  AVesteni  Department,  which  is  located  in 
the  Santa  Fe  Building,  San  Francisco).  These  Officers  will 
investigate  the  regivstrant's  qualifications  and,  if  the  man  has 
such  (lualifications  and  is  needed  in  the  service,  will  apply  for 
the  man's  individual  induction  through  the  Office  of  The  Pro- 
vost Marshal  General. 

4.  It  also  appears  that  Local  Boards  have  advised  registrant 
in  some  cases  to  personally  call  at  this  Ofilce  or  at  the  head- 
quartens  of  the  Western  Department  for  information  of  tli 
sort. 

5.  As  this  Office  can  do  no  more  than  advise  the  men  to 
apply  to  the  heads  of  the  Staff'  Corps  or  Departments,  it  is 
suggested  that  Local  Boards  advise  the  men  to  either  call  ai 
the  headquarters  of  the  Western  Department  or  on  the  Office  i 
of  the  organization  to  which  they  desire  individual  induction, 
or,  still  better,  to  advise  the  registrant  to  write  to  the  Officer- 
concerned.  By  writing,  the  registrant  will  obtain  all  the  in 
formation  that  he  can  obtain  by  a  personal  interview.  It  will 
save  his  time,  and  the  time  of  the  Military  Officers,  and  it  will 
also  give  the  Military  Officers  a  written  record  which,  in  «i 
great  many  cases,  is  very  desirable.  In  almost  every  case  of  ;i 
personal  interview,  the  registrant  will  be  re(piested  to  write 
a  letter  to  the  Officer  vStating  the  facts  of  his  case  and  this 
might  just  as  \\e\]  lie  done  in  the  first  j)lace. 

By    DUtECTION    OF    THE    (lOVERNOR. 

J.   J.    BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  53  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  385. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  27,  1918. 

To  Local  aiid  District  Boards: 

'  Subject  :  Mariners. 
1.  The  following  telegram  received  from  The  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  26,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B2288.  Reports  reaching  this  Office  indicate 
that  Local  Boards  are  forwarding  to  mobilization  camps, 
as  wilful  or  non-wilful  deserters,  experienced  mariners 
who  by  reason  of  their  absence  at  sea  have  become  de- 
linquent in  complying  with  the  requirements  of  the  Selec- 
tive Service  Regulations.  In  cases  where  Local  Boards 
were  advised  that  such  mariners  were  at  sea,  time  for 
filing  questioini aires  should  have  been  extended  as  pro- 
vided in  Section  99  of  the  Regulations.  However,  in  the 
cases  of  bona  fide  mariners  who  have  become  deserters 
under  the  Selective  Service  Regulations  and  whose  deser- 
tion the  Local  Board  finds  to  be  non-wilful,  entrainment 
to  iuol)ilizati()ii  cMiiii)  slioidd  1)(^  stnyed  and  the  cases 
handled  as  provick'd  in  Section  189  Selective  Service  Reg- 
ulations. 

Crowder. 


>V    DIRECTION    OF    THE    GOVERNOR. 


J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C. 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  54  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  386. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  27,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject  :  Investigating  Bodies. 
1.  The  following  telegram  received  from  The  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  quoted  for  the  information  and  guidaiKM'  of  nW 
concerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  26,  1918. 

Adjutant  General^ 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B2277.  The  Headquarters  of  the  American 
Protective  League  report  that  there  has  been  organized  in 
the  vicinity  of  Bakersfield,  California,  an  organization 
known  as  ' '  The  Safety  Committee, ' '  which  is  operating  as 
an  opposed  body  to  The  American  Protective  League. 
Please  call  attention  to  Boards  that  the  Department  of 
Justice  and  The  American  Protective  League,  which  is 
auxiliary  to  the  Department  of  Justice,  are  the  only 
investigating  bodies  to  be  recognized  by  Boards. 

Crowder. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  55  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  387. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-18  July  27,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :   Call  No.  998. 

1.  Quotas  for  colored  men  to  be  sent  to  Camp  Lewis  were 
n.ssigned  by  letter  to  such  Local  Boards  as  had  reported  colored 
men  in  their  Class  1  data  as  of  May  20th. 

2.  It  now  appears  that  many  more  colored  men  than  were 
originally  reported  as  being  in  Class  1  are  available  for  gen- 
eral military  service  in  this  State. 

3.  Many  Local  Boards  have  written  or  telegraphed  this 
Office  requesting  authority  to  send  additional  men  in  their 
quotas.     In  some  cases  authority  has  been  granted. 

4.  By  direction  of  The  Provost  Marshal  General,  the  author- 
ity granted  by  this  Office  to  Local  Boards  to  increase  their 
quotas  on  this  Call  is  hereby  rescinded. 

5.  Local  Boards  will  send  to  Camp  Lewis  on  Call  998  only 
colored  registrants  of  1917  qualified  for  general  military  ser- 
vice and  only  in  the  number  specified  in  the  letter  announcing 
the  Call.  All  authority  for  increase  of  quotas  is  cancelled. 
This  is  due  to  lack  of  accommodations  for  the  men  at  the 
mobilization  camp.  Additional  quotas  will  be  assigned  at  a 
later  date. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  56  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  388. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  29,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  Dislrict  Boards: 

Subject:  Central  Officers'  Training  Schools. 
Tlie  following  resume  is  published  for  your  information  and 
for    the    inforwiation    of    any   of   your    registrants    who    may 
inquire. 

For  Infantry  Training — 

Camp  Lee,  near  Petersburg,  Va. 
Camp  Gordon,  near  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Camp  Pike,  near  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

For  Field  Artillery  Training — 

Camp  Taylor,  near  Louisville,  Ky. 
For  Machine-Gun  Training — 

Camp  Hancock,  near  Augusta,  Ga. 

Civilians  possessing  the  requisite  (lualifications  as  to  educa- 
tion, character,  and  physique  who  desire  to  attend  will  apply 
either  in  person  or  in  writing  for  information  and  necessarx 
blank  forms  to  the  Army  oflficer  on  duty  as  Professor  of  Mili- 
tary Science  and  Tactics  at  the  educatiniuil  institution  near- 
est the  residence  of  the  applicant. 

Applications  made  by  civilians  for  held  artillery  will  he 
forwarded  by  those  professors  to  the  commanding  officer  Cen- 
tral Artillery  Officers'  Training  School.  Camp  Taylor,  Ky.. 
for  Machine-Gun  units  to  the  Commanding  Officer,  Machinc- 
Gun  Officers'  Training  School,  Camp  Hancock,  Ga. 

Applications  made  by  civilians  to  enter  a  Central  Infantrx 
Officers'  Training  Camp  will  be  forwarded  l)y  the  Profcs-so 
of  Military  Science  and  Tactics,  as  follows: 


57 


To  Camp  Lee,   V;i..   api)lieatioiis  of 
lowiiier  states: 


■^  Connecticut 

I  Delaware 

I  Dist.  of  Columbia 

t  Maine 

;  Maryland 


jMassachusetts 
New  Hampshire 
New   Jersey 
New  York 
Pennsylvania 


To  Camp  Cordon,  Atlanta,  Ga. — 

Alabama  Kentucky 

Florida  iMichigan 

Georgia  Mississippi 

Illinois  North  Carolina 

Indiana  Ohio 

To  Camp  Pike,  Arkansas — 

Arizona  Missouri 

jVrkansas  Montana 

California  Nebraska 

Colorado  New  Mexico 

Idaho  Nevada 

Iowa  North  Dakota 

Kansas  Oklahoma 

Louisiana  Oregon 

^linncsota  South  Dakota 


ilians  from  the  fol- 


Rhode  Island 
Vermont 
Virginia 
West  Virginia 
Panama  Canal  Zone 


South  Carolina 
Tennessee 
Porto  Rico 


Texas 

Utah 

Washington 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming 

Alaska 

Hawaii 

Philippines 


The  following  named  educational  institutions  in  the  State 
of  California  have  officers  of  the  Army  detailed  thereat  as 
Professors  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics: 

Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  University,  Stanford  University. 
The  Harvard  School,  Los  Angeles. 
Throop  College  of  Technology,  Pasadena. 
University  of  Santa  Clara,  Santa  Clara. 
University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles. 
Pomona  College,  Claremont. 
University  of  California,  Berkeley. 
Hitchcock  Military  Academy,   San   Tvafael. 


—  58  — 

Mt.  Tania]i)ais  Military  Academy,  San  Rafael. 
San  Diego  Army  and  Navy  Academy,  Pacific  Beach,  San 
Diego  County. 


By  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  389. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12.  July  29,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards : 

Subject:  Pay  op  Board  Members. 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  27,  1918. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento y  California. 

Number  E  twenty-two  ninety-four.  It  is  understood 
that  inquiries  reach  State  IIeadquartei*s  respecting  th« 
compensation  which  will  be  fixed  for  Local  Boards 
Plea.se  answer  all  sufh  inquiries  in  the  sense  that  decision 
is  reserved  until  Congress  has  indicated  what  extension 
of  draft  ages,  if  any,  it  will  authorize  so  that  compensa- 
tion may  be  adjusted  to  the  amount  of  work  which  will 
devolve  upon  these  boards.  Answer  further  that  we 
anti('i])ate  being  able  to  promulgate  new  rates  of  com- 
pensation about  Angust  ir)tli  and  that  it  will  then  be  con- 


—  59  — 

sidered  by  the  Secretary  of  War  whether  the  rates  should 
be  made  reasonably  retroactive. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  tilk  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  390. 

STATE   OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  29,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards : 

Subject:  Work  or  Fight  Baseball  Players. 
The    following    telegram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
Marshal  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  27,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B,  twenty-three  thirteen.  The  President  di- 
rects that  the  application  of  Selective  Service  Regulation 
Changes  No.  4  to  professional  baseball  players  be  made 
to  date  from  September  1,  1918.  No  notices  shall  be 
served  under  Section  121-C,  Selective  Service  Regulations 
upon  persons  so  employed  until  after  the  1st  of 
September. 

Crov^der. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  60  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  391. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  July  29,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :  Quota  Basis. 
The   following   telegram    from    the    office    of    the    Provost 
Marslial  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  July  27,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  E  two  thousand  six.  1.  In  modification  and  ex- 
tension of  my  telegram  E  nineteen  forty-eight,  the  Presi- 
dent directs  that  no  further  releases  to  the  Navy,  ^larine 
Corps  or  the  Emergency  Fleet  be  granted  to  Class  1 
registrants  of  the  June  5,  1917,  or  the  June  5,  1918, 
Classes,  and  therefore  prescribes  that  Section  12  of  the 
Regulations  governing  the  appointment  of  quotas  pre- 
scribed on  May  23,  1918,  shall  l)e  amended  so  as  to  read 
as  follows: 

"In  order  to  insure  that  a  Local  Board  shall  alway.s 
have  available  a  sufficient  number  of  men  to  fill  calls  made 
upon  it,  the  term  'current  quota'  referred  to  in  subpara- 
graph A  of  Section  151,  Selective  Service  Regulations,  is 
hereby  defined  to  be  the  quota  basis  of  each  State  and 
subdivision  thereof,  less  the  credits  enumerated  in  Sec- 
tion 10  thereof." 

2.  The  effect  of  this  amendment  is  as  follows: 

"Hereafter  no  registrant  either  of  tlu^  nineteen  seven- 
teen or  nineteen  eighteen  registration  shall  l)e  released  to 
enlist  in  the  Navy  or  JNIarine  Corps  or  be  placed  on  the 
Emergency  Fleet  Classification  List  who  has  been  finally 
classified  in  Class  1  and  has  been  found  physically  fit  for 
genei-al  military  service  or  who  has  not  been  finally 
classified  or  whose  reclassification  into  or  out  of  Class  1 
is  still  pending  either  before  the  Local  or  District  Board 
or  on  ai)peal  to  the  President  or  who,  having  been  finally 


—  61  — 

classified  in  Class  1,  has  not  had  his  physical  examination 
completed.  This  prohibition  applies  even  though  there  is 
a  surplus  of  Class  1  men  over  and  above  the  number 
necessar}^  to  fill  July  and  August  Calls." 

3.  Nothing  in  this  telegram  or  previous  instructions 
shall  be  construed  to  authorize  Boards  to  withdraw 
Emergency  Fleet  classification  from  or  induct  into  service 
involuntarily  any  registrant  who  was  on  the  Emergency 
Fleet  Classification  List  on  or  prior  to  July  23rd,  1918, 
except  in  accordance  with  Section  154. 

Crowder. 

2.  Attention  of  Local  Boards  is  directed  to  the  fact  that  the 
above  quoted  telegram  does  not  rescind  the  authority  of  Local 
Hoards  to  grant  releases  for  enlistment  in  the  Navy  or  Marine 
Corps  or  to  classify  in  the  Emergency  Fleet  List,  registrants 
wlio  were  properly  classified  in  deferred  classifications.  It 
ai)plies  only  to  Class  1  registrants. 

3.  There  are  a  few  cases  of  men  who  have  been  long  in  the 
-ci'vice  of  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation  who,  through 
some  error  on  the  part  of  the  E.  F.  C.  officials,  were  not  listed 
to  the  Local  Boards  by  their  employers.  Some  of  these  men 
are  exceedingly  valuable  and  it  is  requested  that  in  case  a 
Local  Board  receives  a  communication  from  the  Emergency 
Fleet  Officials  regarding  the  deferment  of  entrainment  of  such 
men,  the  Local  Board  give  such  communication  all  proper 
consideration  and  if  they  are  in  doubt  about  the  matter  com- 
municate with  this  office  prior  to  sending  the  man  to  the 
mobilization  camp.  This,  of  course,  does  not  apply  to  non- 
skilled  registrants  nor  to  skilled  registrants  who  have  very 
recently  been  employed  by  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation, 
but  only  to  skilled  employees  who  have  been  long  in  service, 
but  whose  Boards  have  not  been  properly  notified. 


PBy  direction  of  the  Governor. 


J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C. 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  62  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  392. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  August  2,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards : 

Subject:  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation  Releases  for 

Mariners.- 
The  following  telegram  from  the  Provost  Marshal  Genei;il 
is  published   for  the  information  and   guidance  of  all  con- 
cerned : 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  1,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  twenty-three  ninety-five.  Reference  (Uir 
general  telegrams  Number  E  nineteen  forty-eight,  July 
23rd,  and  E  two  thousand  six,  July  27th,  suspending 
operation  of  Emergency  Fleet  Classification  listing  until 
further  notice,  these  telegrams  of  suspension  have  been 
modified  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  so  far  as  the 
same  relate  to  recruiting  of  Mariners  and  Mariners  in 
training  under  supervision  of  Shipping  Board  under  Sec-! 
tion  155^.  In  otiier  words  Section  155|  is  in  full  force 
and  effect  and  all  requests  which  may  have  been  received 
heretofore  or  may  hereafter  be  received  issued  in  con- 
formity with  the  provisions  of  said  Section  shall  be  hon- 
ored and  the  registrants  named  in  such  request  shall  be 
placed  on  Emergency  Fleet  Classification  List.  This 
modification  is  made  on  account  of  necessity  of  recruiting 
Marhiers  and  comparatively  small  number  of  Mariners 
})eing  recruited.  Immediately  instruct  all  Local  Boards 
that  they  shall  honor  as  heretofore  all  requests  on  Form 
1024  issued  under  the  Recruiting  Service  of  the  United 
States  Shipping  Board  when  signed  by  the  director  of 
said  Recruiting  Service  or  any  Section  Chief  or  supervisor 
as  named  in  said  section.  Acknowledge  receii>1  ;itnl 
report  your  actio?!  hereunde?'. 

Cbowder. 


—  63  — 

The  attention  of  Lo(3al  Boards  is  directed  to  the  fact  that 
th(;  above  telegram  refers  to  the  mariners  and  sea-faring  men 
and  mariner  students  under  the  supervision  of  the  shipping 
board,  but  does  not  refer  to  the  manufacturing  end  of  the 
Emergency  Fleet  Corporation. 

Local  Boards  are  directed  not  to  quibble  about  minor  tech- 
nicalities regarding  these  mariners.  The  telegram  should  be 
i'<  yarded  as  retroactive  and  if  the  dates  on  certificates  as 
presented  to  you  fall  within  the  closed  period  or  prior  to  that 
time,  3^ou  will  regard  them  as  authentic  and  place  the  men  on 
the  list  accordingly.  In  every  case  the  United  States  Shipping 
Board  should  be  given  the  benefit  of  the  doubt  if  such  exists. 


^By  du^kction  op  the  G'^vernor. 

i  '  j.  j.  borree, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  393. 

STATE   OF   CALIFORNIA 
^  THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

I     -  SACRAMENTO 

5-12  August  5,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject  :   Data  on  Class  One,  1918. 
Many  Local  Boards,  when  reporting  the  data  on  Class  1  on 
July  20,  showed  that  large   percentages  of  registrants  were 
s1  ill  unexamined.     By  this  time  all  Local  Boards  should  have 
;ill  registrants  classified  and  examined. 


—  64  — 

You  will  therefore  immediately  forward  to  tliis  office  by 
mail  completed  and  correeted  data  on  Class  1  of  1918.  Form 
2002 A  is  enclosed  for  the  purpose.     DO  IT  NOW. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  394. 

STATE   OF   CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

D-12  August  7,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:  Vacation  of  Employees. 

1.  In  Circular  Letter  No.  362  all  Local  and  District  Boards 
were  informed  in  relation  to  this  subject,  but  inasmuch  as  this 
office  is  daily  receiving  inquiries  as  to  whether  pay  will  be 
allowed  for  the  vacation  period,  this  circular  is  being  sent  for 
the  i)urpose  of  answering  the  question  in  the  affirmative. 

2.  It  is  again  urged  that  these  vacations  be  taken  at  such 
times  as  will  not  interfere  with  the  work  of  registration  and 
classification,  and  if  possible  at  such  times  as  will  obviate  the 
necessity  of  employing  a  substitute. 

8.  We  trust  that  all  employees  availing  themselves  of  this 
privilege  will  return  to  their  duties  refreshed  and  ready  to 
assume  again  the  arduous  duties  in  which  they  have  been 
engaged  during  the  past  year,  each  one  resolving  to  devote  his 
full  attention  and  energies  toward  assisting  the  Government  in 
conducting  the  War  for  Democracy,  Justice  and  Right. 


—  65  — 

4.  In  presentinf]:  vonehors  for  salaries  of  substitutes,  where 
the  employment  of  su])stitutes  can  not  })v  avoided,  be  sure  to 
have  same  appear  on  voueher;  also  send  oatlis  of  office  of  said 
substitutes  with  vouchers. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


Circular  Letter  No.  395. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-16  August  7,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

The  following  letter  from  the  Provost  Marslial  General  is 
published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Prom  :     Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:  Draft  Executives  in  all  States  and  Territories  except 

Porto  Rico. 

Subject  :  .Dining  Car  Waiters. 

1.  The  President  directs  at  the  present  time  that  Sec- 
tion 121K,  aubdivision  (a).  Selective  Service  Regulations, 
does  not  apply  to  waiters  on  dining  cars. 

2.  The  contents  of  this  letter  should  be  communicated  to 
all  Local  and  District  Boards  at  once. 

E.  H.  Crowder. 
By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

j.  j.  borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  66  -^ 
Circular  Letter  No.  396. 

STATE   OF   CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-16  August  7,  1918. 

To  all  Local  and  District  Boards: 

Subject:    Inspection  op  Records. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Mar- 
slial  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned : 

Wasfttnotox,  I).  ('..  AuiTfust  (J,  1M1^. 

Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  B  twenty-four  sixty-eight.  Instruct  Local  and 
District  Boards  to  permit  Officers  of  the  Internal  Revenue 
Service  who  present  proper  credentials  from  the  commis- 
sioner of  that  service  to  examine  the  answers  of  any  regis- 
trant to  the  questions  under  the  head  entitled  ''Depend- 
ency" in  the  Questionnaire.  This  authorized  inspection 
of  Questionnaires  must  not  he  permitted  to  interfere  with 
the  imi)ort{mt  duties  of  Boards. 


Crowder. 


P>Y    DIRECTION   OP   THE    (iOVERNOR. 


J.  J.  BORRE?, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  G., 
The  Adjutant  General. 


-^  67  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  397. 

STATE   OF   CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-16  August  1,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards: 

Subject:   Reports  on  Class  One. 
The  following  telegram  from  the  office  of  the  Provost  Mar- 
shal General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned: 

Washington,  D.  C,  August  6,  1918. 
Adjutant  General, 

Sacramento,  California. 

Number  E  twenty-cne  thirty-three.  Reference  my  let- 
ter August  2nd,  Subject :  Class  One  Report.  It  is  appar- 
ent from  reports  of  Class  One  submitted  to  this  Office 
on  July  28th  that  Local  Boards  are  not  construing  uni- 
formly the  item  '^ Inducted  and  Called  for  Induction" 
appearing  on  Form  2002a.  Under  this  item  should  be 
reported  all  registrants  who  have  been  inducted  and  sent 
to  Camp  since  December  15th,  1917,  up  to  and  including 
the  date  of  report  and  also  the  number  of  registrants 
who  on  the  date  of  report  have  been  called  for  induction 
and  entrainment  under  pending  calls  but  whose  entrain- 
ment  has  not  yet  been  accomplished.  It  appears  further 
that  some  Boards  are  not  reporting  properly  the  number 
of  registrants  to  be  included  under  item  "Delinquents." 
Under  this  item  should  be  reported  both  delinquents  and 
deserters  who  have  not  actually  been  forwarded  to  Camp 
and  accepted  for  service.  Deserters  sent  to  Camp  and 
accepted  for  service  should  be  reported  under  item  ''In- 
ducted and  Called  for  Induction."  Instruct  all  Local 
Boards  to  this  effect  at  once. 

Crowder. 
By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  68  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  398. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 
THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

5-1 G  August  7,  1918. 

To  (ill  Local  and  District   Boards  and   Government  Appeal 
Agents: 

SuB.jECT:   Deferred   Classification   for   Selective   Servici; 

Executives. 
Tlie   following    telegram    from    the    oflfice    of    the    Provo.si 
Marslial  General  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  e()nc(^rn<Hl : 

W  AsiiixcTON,  D.  (\,  August  f).  1918. 
Adjutan t  General, 

Sacramento y  California. 

Number  B  twenty-four  seventy-nine.  Notify  all  Local 
and  District  Boards  and  Government  Appeal  Agents. 
This  Department  thoroughly  appreciates  the  magnitude 
and  essential  character  of  the  work  of  Draft  officials  and 
is  keenly  alive  to  the  importance  of  retaining  the  .services 
of  Members  of  Boards  and  Government  Appeal  Agents, 
and,  to  this  end,  of  granting  deferred  classification  on  the 
grounds  of  necessary  employment  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States  to  Board  Members  and  Government  Appeal 
Agents  within  the  new  draft  age  limits  who  are  certified 
by  Governors  as  being  necessary  in  the  administration  of 
the  Draft. 

Crowder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Urigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  69  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  399. 

STATE  OF   CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

1-12  August  8,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards : 

The  following  letter  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 
From  :  Office  of  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 
To:        The  Adjutant  General  of  California,  Sacramento,  Cal. 

Subject:  Report  of  Class  1. 

1.  I  have  often  contemplated  attempting  to  visualize 
to  the  members  of  tlie  Selective  Service  system  throughout 
the  country  th(ur  particular  function  and  its  extreme  im- 
portance in  building  the  army.  Should  a  Local  Board 
be  short  five  men  on  a  call,  and  should  this  condition 
exist  generally  throughout  the  country,  there  would  be  a 
total  shortage  of  five  times  4,557  Local  Boards,  the  total 
number  of  Local  Boards  in  the  United  States,  or  22,785 
men.  The  shortage  of  five  men  may  appear  to  the  Local 
Board  a  small  matter,  but  when  the  National  figure  is 
taken  into  account,  it  will  be  seen  tlie  entire  military  pro- 
gram is  seriously  interfered  with. 

2.  Inducted  men  are  at  present  usually  placed  in  a 
depot  brigade ;  the  men  when  trained  in  the  depot  brigade 
are  transferred  to  a  regiment  which  is  a  part  of  a  Divi- 
sion. A  Division  must  be  filled  before  it  can  be  sent  over- 
seas. Tf  the  Local  Boards  do  not  deliver  men  on  time, 
they  disrupt  the  depot  brigade,  which  delays  the  move- 
ment of  the  Division,  which  interferes  with  the  shipping 
schedule,  thereby  delaying  the  forming  of  an  Army  Corps 
in  France.  The  intention  of  this  letter  is  not  to  censure, 
but  to  attempt  to  visualize  the  importance  of  promptness 
and  accuracy  in  filling  calls. 

3.  Reports  have  reached  this  office  within  the  last  week 
which  indicate  that  the  total  accretions  to  Class  1  through 
the  rectification  of  classification  are  not  as  large  as  had 


—  70  — 

been  contemplated  and  that  the  final  classification  h\ 
District  Boards  of  ret,nstrants  who  wc^re  placed  in  Class  1 
by  Local  Boards  under  tlie  rectification  of  classification, 
as  covered  by  my  telegram  B-1286,  has  not  been  com- 
pleted. 

4.  These  reports  also  show  that  final  classification  of  the 
June  5,  1918,  class  has  not  been  consummated.  In  some 
States  the  classification  has  proceeded  almost  to  comple- 
tion, but  other  States  are  away  behind. 

5.  The  number  of  cases  pending  for  physical  examina- 
tion is  very  large.  In  fact  the  reports  indicate  that  only 
one-third  of  Class  1  of  the  June  5,  1918,  registration  has 
been  examined  physically  up  to  the  present  time,  and  that 
only  one-half  of  the  accretions  to  Class  1  have  been 
examined  physically. 

6.  I  have  stated  the  situation  as  it  exists.  Now  I  will 
outline  the  remedy:  speed,  classification  and  physical 
examination.  Before  this  ofKice  can  properly  function  in 
placing  calls  it  must  know  the  exact  number  of  Class  1 
men  physically  qualified  for  military  service  in  each  State 
and  Local  Board.  To  wire  such  a  report,  compile  it  in 
this  office  and  announce  the  call,  is  the  w^ork  of  but  one 
week.  Before  the  call  can  be  issued,  fourteen  days  notice 
must  be  given  to  the  United  States  Railroad  Administra- 
tion to  permit  it  to  function  properly.  The  entire 
schedule,  therefore,  between  the  time  of  your  report  that 
the  men  are  ready  and  the  date  they  may  be  expected  to 
entrain  for  a  cantonment  is  from  three  to  four  weeks. 

Crovtder. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


—  71  — 
Circular  Letter  No.  400. 

STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

SACRAMENTO 

12  August  9,  1918. 

To  all  Local  Boards-. 

The  following  correspondence  is  published  for  the  informa- 
tion and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

From:  The  Adjutant  General,  State  of  California. 

To:        The  Provost  Marshal  General,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Subject  :  Request  for  Rulings. 

1.  At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  District  Exemption 
Boards  of  this  State,  the  following  facts  were  developed: 
That  in  reference  to  a  registrant  having  a  wife  but  no 
children,  and  with  such  other  source  of  support  available 
that  the  removal  of  the  registrant  would  not  deprive  the 
wife  of  reasonable  adequate  support,  some  of  the  Boards 
had  placed  such  a  registrant  in  Class  1,  while  others  had 
placed  him  in  Class  2. 

2.  It  is  evident  that  your  regulations  contemplate  that 
such  men  should  be  placed  in  Class  2.  Your  circular  tele- 
gram No.  A-1923  of  December  29,  1917,  is  not  an  amend- 
ment to  regulations,  nor  does  it  provide  any  new  facts 
regarding  this  class  of  registrants,  but  in  paragraph  three 
states  that  such  men  should  come  in  Class  1. 

3.  Please  furnish  this  office  a  definite  ruling  as  to 
where  a  registrant  under  the  above  mentioned  conditions 
should  be  placed. 

J.   J.   BORREE, 

Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C. 
1st  Ind. 

War  Dept.,  P.  M.  G.  O.,  July  24th,  1918.— To  The  Adjutant 
(Jeneral  of  California. 

1.  Paragraph  third  of  my  telegram  No.  A-1923,  dated 
December  29,  1917,  is  to  be  regarded  as  having  the  force 
and  effect  of  the  Regulations.     That  ruling  provides  that 


**If  a  registrant  has  a  wife  but  no  children  and  there  ar 
such  other  sources  of  support  available  that  the  removal 
of  the  registrant  will  not  deprive  the  wife  of  reasonably- 
adequate  support  he  goes  in  ClavSs  1  as  not  being  included 
in  any  other  division  in  the  schedule,"  and  all  cases  in 
which  this  rule  is  applicable  should  be  classified  in  accord- 
ance therewith. 

2.  It  appears  that  those  who  have  placed  registrants  in 
this  situation  in  Class  1  have  proceeded  properly,  and 
those  who  have  placed  them  in  Class  2  have  erroneously 
classified  this  class  of  cases. 

E.  H.  Crowder, 
The  Provost  Marshal  General. 

By  direction  of  the  Governor. 

J.  J.  Borree, 
Brigadier  General,  N.  G.  C, 
The  Adjutant  General. 


73  -^ 


SUPPLEMENTAL  INDEX. 


COVERING  COMPILED   CIRCULARS  EIGHT  TO   ELEVEN, 

INCLUSIVE. 

AD.irTAXT   (IKXKKAL.                                                                                   Pag« 
\\'iiv  A.  G.,  not  r.  M.  G.  O 344 

Meu  outside  draft  age  may  enlist 288 

Men  of  draft  age  eligible  for  induction 288 

AGENTS. 

Count3%  of  Department  of  Agriculture 379 

AGRICULTURAL. 

p]nlistment    of,    when    passed 346 

Department  of  Agriculture,  county  agents  of 379 

ALLIED  ALIEN  ENEMIES   (See  Aliens.) 

ALIENS. 

Enlistment  of  with   co-l)(^lli,^(M•ont 225 

Military  service 359 

Application   for  passport 374 

Enemies  in  service 37G 

AMERICAN  PROTECTIVE  LEAGUE    (THE). 

Authorized 380 

API'EAL  AGENT. 

Legal  aid  to  1018  registrants 334 

List  of  officers  in  state 350 

Deferred  classification  for 398 

A  I'PORTIONMENT. 

New^,   of  quotas 315 

AVIATION  SECTION. 

Enlistment  provisions ^ 2SS 

BADGES. 

For  contingents 338 

BASEBALL  PLAYERS. 

Work   or   fight — 390 

BRITlsn  SUBJECTS. 

In  United  States,  draft  of 359 

Military   service  of 368 

Call  for  names  and  addresses 380 

<  ALLS. 

Special 344 

August 378 

No.  998 — 387 

For  data  class  1,  1918 393 

CAMP  LEWIS. 

Health  conditions 290 

( "ARDS. 

Occupational 292 

Changes  on  registration — 303 

Registration 330 


—  74  — 

CASES.  Pa^-' 

Reopening,  ih  re  telegram  A4450 2i' 

Reclassification  of  doubtful 'Sib 

CENTRAL  OFFICERS'  TRAINING  SCHOOLS. 
(See  Officers'  Training  Schools.) 

CHARGES. 

On  typewriters 340 

CLASSIFICATION. 

Of  druggists,  do  not  authorize  deferred 287 

Of  recent  marriage  cases 322 

Of  recent  marriage  cases 329 

Registrants,  before  induction  must  waive  deferred  classification.-  335 

Registrants,  1918  final 343 

Waived  before  induction 377,344 

Data  on  class  1  urgent  when  requested 3G0 

Call    for   as   of   July   20,   telegram   7/15,   deferred   to   full   time 

students   (special)   370 

Amendment  as  to  height  and  weight 373 

1918    registrants    382 

Deferred  for  selective  service  executives 398 

P.  M.  G.  on  reclassification SOU 

CO-BELLIGERENT. 

Enlistment  in  forces  of 325 

COLORP]D  MEN. 

Call,   998 ■ 387 

CONSCIENTIOUS  OBJECTORS. 

Under  rule  14,  section  79,  S.  S.  R. 

CONTINGENTS. 

Badges   for   SIl"^ 

CONVENTIONS. 

American,    British,   Canadian t>~>'-^ 

COUNTY  AGENTS   (^V•c•  Farm  Advisors). 

Of  Department  of  Agriculture 37'.' 

DEFECTS. 

Remediable 29s 

1  )EFERRED  CLASSIFICATION    ( Sec  Classification  ) . 

DELINQUENTS. 

Occupation   cards   for 202 

Copies  of  lists  of  to  be  sent  A.  G 325^ 

Must  not  be  inducted , 335 

Procedure  1918  same  as  1917 340 

Report  of   347 

Explanation  of  circular  240 353 

Order  numbers 36G 

Mariners   3S.i 

DEPENDENCY. 

Of  1918  registrants'  dependents 3-- 

DEPENDENTS. 

Must  waive  before  induction 335 

Income  of,  to  l>e  disregarded 336 

Willingness  of  parents  to  care  for,  not  to  be  considered 341 

Records  of  dependency  open  for  inspection  by  int.  rev.  officers 396 

Itnlings  on  married  men  without  children 4<^ 


—  75  — 

DEPARTMENT  OP  JUSTICE.  Page 

Inspection  of  reports  of - 291 

As  recognized  investigating  body 38G 

DESERTERS. 

Copies  of  lists  of,  to  be  sent  to  A.  G 325^ 

Must  not  be  inducted 335 

Delivery  to  army  posts 3G7 

Mariners ^ 385 

DISCHARGE. 

Medical    305 

Include  men  returned  since  January  1 307 

EVIDENCE. 

New,  to  be  in  writing , ' 294 

DINING  CAR  WAITERS  {.See  Waiters). 

DISTRICT  BOARD. 

Authority  to  postpone  action  in  nonproductive  employment  cases-  333 
Deferred  classification  for 398 

DRAFT. 

Of  British  and  Canadian  subjects 359 

EMERGENCY  FLEET. 

Retain  names  listed  prior  on  list 339 

List  (lack  of  promptness  by  Local  Board  on  passport  permits) 304 

Reports  suspended 372 

Release  of  class  1  men  stopped 391 

Registrants  of  long  service 391 

Releases  for  mariners 392 

Form  1024  to  be  returned  promptly  if  improperly  received 285 

Checking  of  list  by  Local  Board  deferred 309 

List   dispensed   with 331 

EMPLOYMENT  AGENCIES. 

Offices  in  California 357 

ENEMIES    {Bee  Aliens). 

ENGINEERS. 

Instructors   of    (enlistment) — 354 

ENLISTMENT. 

Credits  for  (call  for  statement  of) 284 

Of  registrants  by  military  authority  only 288 

In  various  enlisted  reserve  corps 288 

And   induction    described 288 

In  navy  and  marines  permitted 288 

Confusion  in  records  of 306 

Place  enlisted  men  in  class  5 319 

Navy  or  marine  corps — 320 

In  forces  of  co-belligerent 325 

Of  agriculturists  passed  over 346 

Instructors    in    engineering 354 

ENGINEERS   ENLISTED  RESERVE  CORPS. 

Enlistment  provisions 288 

EYES. 

Standards  of  vision  (below  20-200 ) 283 

FARM  ADVISORS. 

Entitled    to   exemption 379 


—  76  — 

FILING  CABINETS.  Page 

If  moro   neetlod ^(U 

vuiKvnoov  PROTKarioN. 

To    records   ;;r.i: 

FORMS. 

Return  No.  1024  promptly  if  sent  wrong  board 28.") 

3024,  E.  F.  C.  list  to  be  purged 281) 

Of  permit  for  passport  to  Canada , 300 

Conscientious   objectors   321 

No.  75,  new  physical  examination  manual 32G 

For  induction 335 

For  refusal  of  induction   (2008) 335 

For  delinquent,   1018 340 

Serial  numbers  and  names  omitted  from  1029  A  and  B 345 

For  report  of  delinquents 347 

For  passport  permits 351 

For   delinquents,    1918 353 

For  induction  of  British  or  Canadians 359 

For  data  on  class  1 3G0 

Review  of  Form  1010,  physical  examination 363 

Delinquent    order    numbers 3CG 

Application  for  passports   (alien) 374 

To  be  given  party  leader iis:; 

FRAUDULENT  COMMUNICATIONS. 

Refers  to  P.  M.  G.'s  telegram  B1239,  June  1,  1918 32  1 

FURNITURE. 

Filing    cabinets    :'."'l 

GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  COMPANIES. 

Clerks,  etc. .'171 

HEALTH. 

Report  of  conditions  at  Camp  Lewis L".><> 

HEIGHT  AND  WEIGHT  (»Sfec  Physical  Examination). 

INDEX. 

Compiled  circulars - 

INDUCTION. 

Call  for  statement  of,  for  check  of  credits 284 

Of  registrants  by  Local  Board  only 288 

Persons  authorized  to  order  individual 288 

Not  ijossible  if  case  reopened 204 

Confusion  in  records  of 30(> 

Reiwrt  of   311 

(-hange  in  manner  of  handling 335 

Report  reason  for  refusal  of  induction  oil  Form  2008 335 

Report  to  June  JX) 335 

For  special  call 344 

Involuntary  to  be  used  if  necessary 344 

Of  1918   registrants 350 

Classification  waived  prior  to 319,  377 

A^ugust 378 

Papers  383 

Individual ^'^l 


—  77  -^ 

INDUSTRIAL.  Page 

Key  numbers 342  355 

INFORMATION. 

Ou  reports  may  be  considered  confidential 291 

Official  look  out  for  forged  orders ^  317 

INSPECTION. 

Of  records  in  re  exemption  not  a  right £91 

INSULAR  TROOPS. 

Defined 373 

INVESTIGATING  BODIES. 

Those  recognized 386 

KEY  NUMBERS. 

Error  in  print  of  key  list 342 

Industrial 355 

LEGAL  ADVISORY  BOARD. 

Aid  to  1918  registrants 3M 

List  of  officers  in  state 350 

LOCAL  BOARD. 

Failure  to  report  colored  men  numbers 293 

Not  to  reopen  case  to  suiastitute  its  judgment  for  that  of  District 
Board 294 

LOCAL  BOARD. 

Authority  to  postpone  action  in  nonproductive  occupation  cases--  323 

List  of  officers  in  state , 350 

Careful  scrutiny  in  classifying  1918  registrants 382 

Pay  of 389 

Deferred  classification  for 398 

MARINERS. 

Delinquent 385 

Release  for,  from  E.  F.  0 392 

MARRIAGE. 

Recent,  classification  of 322 

MEAL  TICKETS. 

Requests  for  or  transfer 312 

Stamp  of  Local  Board  to  go  on 323 

MEDICAL  ADVISORY  BOARDS. 

Standards  of  vision 283 

Chicago  meeting 314 

List  of  officers  in  state 350 

TMEDICAL  BOARD. 

Meeting    at    ChicaiiO-^ 314 

MEDICAL  ENLISTED  RESERVE  CORPS. 

Enlistment    provisions    288 

NITRATE  PLANTS. 

Colonel  Joyce  approving  official  of  affidavits 301 

NONPRODUCTIVE  OCCUPATIONS    (See  Occupation). 

OCCUPATION. 

Cards  for  delinquents —  292 

Nonproductive 333 

Error  in  print  of  key  list 342 

Key  numbers 355 


—  78  — 

OFFICERS.  Page 

Certifying,  designates  Colonel  Joyce  approving  officer 301 

OFFICERS'  TRAINING  SCHOOLS. 

Resume  of /_ — 38^ 

OIL  INDUSTRY. 

Not  exempt  in  toto  from  "work  or  fight" 3G5 

ORIENT. 

Registrants  in 308 

PASSPORTS. 

Permits  for  Canada 300 

Permits 351 

Permits,  Local  Board  must  be  prompt 364 

Alien's    application    for 374 

PERMITS. 

Agriculturists  not  released  to  E.  F.,  merchant  marine,  navy  or 

marine  corps 340 

Passports 3ol 

Passports  to  E.  M.  F 3i\\ 

PHYSICALLY  DISQUALIFIED. 

Not  to  be  inducted 30.". 

PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION. 

Remediable  defects  298 

New  manual 320 

1918  registrants 343 

Review  of 363 

Regulations  amended   (height  and  weight) 37*^» 

PHYSICAL  REQUIREMENTS. 

Registrant  must  possess  exact  P.  R.  for  induction 3o."'t 

PHYSICIANS. 

List  of  officers  in  state 350 

POSTMASTERS  AND  EMPLOYEES. 

Exemption  of 381 

P.  M.  G.  O. 

(Telegram)  do  not  wire 341 

QUARTERMASTER'S  DEPT.  ENLISTED  RESERVE  CORPS. 

Enlistment  provisions 2s 

QUESTIONNAIRES. 

For  new  registrants 332 

For  1918  registrants  (legal  aid) 334 

Industrial  key  numbers 355 

QUOTAS. 

New  apportionment  of 31" 

Exceeding,  under  call  908  cancelled 387 

Basis  of 31»1 

RAILROAD  FARE. 

Excess    oL*. 

RECORDS. 

Fireproof  protection  of 352 

Inspection  of  390 


—  79  — 

RECLASSIFICATION.  Page 

Procedure  governed  by  section  120,  S.  S.  R 204 

If  by  District  Board  by  section  121,  S.  S.  R 204 

Of  doubtful  cases 318 

Of  recent  marriage  cases 329 

RECORDS. 

Inspection  of,  not  a  right 291 

Of  enlistment  and  induction 306 

REGISTRANTS. 

Right  of,  to  inspect  evidence  not  a  matter  of  right 291 

Occupation  to  be  ascertained  from  registration  card 292 

Colored 293 

In  the  Orient 308 

Order  of  liability  in  class  1 313 

Questionnaires  for  new z 332 

Passed  for  agriculture 346 

Report   of   delinquents 347 

Special  students  or  teachers 370 

Waiver  of  classification  before  induction 319,  377 

Individual  induction 384 

No  further  releases  of  class  1  men 391 

REGISTRANTS,  1918. 

Legal  aid  to 334 

Induction  of  (change  in  manner  of ) 335 

Delinquent 340 

Physical  examination 343 

Induction  of 356 

Classification  of 382 

Data  on  class  1 393 

REGISTRATION. 

Proclamation  sets  June  5 302 

Preparation  for  new 296 

Publicity  to  be  given 297 

Regulations  No.  2 299 

Cards,  instruction  on  changes ■ 303 

Publicity  as  to  day  urged '. 310 

P.  M.  G.'s  order  for  June  5  and  appreciation 316 

REGISTRATION  AND  DRAFT. 

List  of  officers  in  state 350 

REGULATIONS. 

No.  2,  registration : 299 

REMEDIABLE  DEFECTS. 

New   examination    298 

REMEDIABLY  DEFECTIVE. 

Not  to  be  inducted 335 

REOPENING  CASES. 

Explanation   telegram  A4450 294 


—  80  — 

REPORTS.  Page 

Sent  to  wrong  board  to  be  promptly  returned 284 

E.  F.  C.  amends  section  154  S.  S.  R 280 

Health  conditions  at  Camp  Lewis 290 

Insi>ection  of,  of  Department  of  Justice 291 

Of  medical  discharges 305 

Of  inductions . 311 

Of  delinquents 347 

E.  F.  suspended 372 

Induction  papers  to  be  sent  to  camp  adjutant 38-". 

On  class  1  Incomplete 399,397 

REQUESTS. 

For  transportation   31- 

R.  O.  T.  C. 

Fourth  O.  T.  school,  May  15 2S<) 

RULINGS. 

Requests  for 400 

SELECTIVE  SERVICE  EXECUTIVES. 

Deferred  classification  for 398 

SELECTIVE  SERVICE  REGULATIONS. 

Amends  section  151,  fourth  R.  O.  T.  C 28G 

Amends  section  154,  E.  F.  C -—  288 

Amends  part  G,  division  E,  page  82 300 

Amends  section   151 310 

Amends  section  72,  rule  5 32- 

Amends  section   151  32.") 

Enforcement  of  amendments  effective  July  1,  1918 33,*) 

As  to  care  of  dependents  by  parents . 341 

Amendment  section  151 : 370,  3.")4 

Allied  and  allied  alien  enemies 37<"i 

Explanation    circular    No.    319    as    to    section    151,    waiver   of 

classification 377 

Change  in  part  14,  exemption  postal  employees 38<» 

Quota  basis 391 

SIGNAL  ENLISTED  RESERVE  CORPS. 

Enlistment  provisions 288 

SLACKERS. 

Must  not  be  inducted 335 

STREET  CAR  TICKETS. 

San  Francisco  37 

STUDENTS. 

Deferred  classification  for  special 370 

TEACHERS    (Special). 

(Indispensable)  to  have  deferred  class 370 

TRANSFERRED  CASES. 

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TRANSPORTATION.  Page 

Requests,   and   transfer  of  blanks . 312 

Excess  fare  requests 327 

To  Fort  Benjamin  Harrison 328 

Street  car  tickets 337 

Irregular  issue  of  requests 1_  361 

TYPEWRITERS. 

Charges  on 349 

UNFIT  FOR  MILITARY  SERVICE. 

Medical  Advisory  Board,  standard  of  vision 283 

U.  S.  EMPLOYMENT  SERVICE. 

Co-operation  with 333 

VACATIONS. 

Of  employees 394,  362 

VISION. 

Standards  of 283 

VOLUNTARY  INDUCTION   (See  Induction). 

WAITERS. 

On  dining  cars 395 

WAIVER. 

Of  classification  before  induction 319,  377 

WORK  OR  FIGHT. 

Nonproductive  occupations 333 

Exceptions  barbers,  real  estate,  et  al . 348 

Specification  clerks,  oil  industry,  etc 365 

Correction 369 

Clerks  in  gas,  electric  light  companies,  etc 371 

.  Baseball  players 390 

Dining  car  waiters 395 


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THIS  BOOK  IS  DUE  ON  THE  LAST  DATE 
STAMPED  BELOW 

AN  INITIAL  FINE  OF  25  CENTS 

WILL   BE  ASSESSED    FOR    FAILURE  TO    RETURN 
THIS   BOOK  ON   THE   DATE   DUE.    THE  PENALTY 
WILL  INCREASE  TO  SO  CENTS  ON  THE  FOURTH 
DAY    AND    TO    $1.00    ON    THE    SEVENTH     DAY 
OVERDUE. 

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